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(e) HOSPITALS.
There have been no changes during the year
in the Hospital services of the district.
(a) Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury Dock.—Accommodation—Men,
52 beds; Women, 24 beds; Children 16 beds.
The hospital is equipped with efficient X-ray, dental
and ophthalmic apparatus, and I wish to once again
record my appreciation of the kindly co-operation
extended to this Department by the staff. The Medical
Officer of Health is a member of the consultant staff,
and I am indebted to the Secretary, Seamen's Hospital
Society, for the following statistics relating to the
hospital :
Number of In-patients 1215
„ Out-patients 4278
„ Major operations 271
,, Minor operations 659
(b) Orsett Public (Assistance) Infirmary.—Accommodation
: General medical, 103 beds; General Surgical,
47 beds; Tuberculosis, 18 beds: Children, 20 beds;
Maternity, 7 beds; Mental (observation), 5 beds.
(c) Orsett Joint Hospital, of which the Rural District
of Orsett is a constituent authority maintains :
(1) Isolation Hospital, Stifford Long Lane, Little
Thurrock, 96 beds, and
(2) Smallpox Hospital, Stifford Long Lane, Little
Thurrock, 22 beds.
The Hospital accommodation has been found
adequate for the needs of the district during the year.
Owing to the proximity of the district to the Metropolis,
a large number of persons attend various London
Hospitals. Most of the firms of the district maintain
branch groups of the Hospital Savings Association, or
similar organisations, and the arrangement of treatment
is a comparatively simple matter.