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Orsett 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]
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HOSPITALS.
(a) General.
Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury.
Details of the accommodation of the Hospital
appeared in my Report for last year.
No. of new Out-patients 4598
„ „ In-patients 1450
„ „ Major operations 570
„ „ Minor „ 150
Orsett Public Assistance Institution..
Medical and Surgical 186 beds.
Tuberculosis 15 „
Isolation 10 „
Maternity 7 „
Mental (observation) 7 „
(b) Infectious Diseases.
Isolation Hospital.
During the year under review the new discharge
block containing two four-bedded wards, and dayroom,
mentioned in my previous Report, was formally
opened. There has been no change in the accommodation.
Smallpox Hospital.
This information appeared in my Report for 1934.