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The Hospital accommodation of the Borough for the isolation of
infectious disease consists of—
(1) The Plaistow Fever Hospital (opened as to two wards in
1896 and as to the completed Hospital in 1901) now
contains 210 beds, allocated to the following purposes:
110 beds for Scarlet Fever, 63 for Diphtheria, 22 for
Enteric Fever, and 15 isolation beds for Mixed or Staff
cases.
(2) Dagenham Small-pox Hospital, situate about 9 miles from
the Borough, occupying a site of 6½ acres, enclosed
within a farm of 119 acres, owned and cultivated by
the Council, was opened in 1899. It consists of permanent
buildings capable of accommodating 50 patients
with the administrative staff required for their care,
together with temporary iron buildings sufficient to
treat 300 cases. Under agreement, eight other Sanitary
Authorities contribute to the establishment and
maintenance of this Hospital, in consideration of West
Ham undertaking to receive and treat all the Small-pox
cases sent to the Hospital by those Authorities.
{3) The Grange Convalescent Home is situate about 9½ miles
from the Borough at Harold Wood, Essex, in which
the accommodation is ample for 40 children. This
Home consists of a residential mansion with outbuildings
and 7 acre3 of ground, together with
61½ acres of pasture land, and has required considerable
alterations and additions to render it fit for its
present use. The Home was opened for the reception
of patients on 22nd February, 1909.