[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Benfleet U.D.C., Canvey Island U.D.C., Rayleigh U.D.C., Rochford R.D.C. (South East Essex).
- Benfleet (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1959
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Benfleet U.D.C., Canvey Island U.D.C., Rayleigh U.D.C., Rochford R.D.C. (South East Essex). Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Local Health Authority also arranges convalescence for patients not rccpiiring medical or nursing care, loans sick room equipment for the home nursing of patients and provides additional nourishment and garden shelters where required, for persons suffering from tuberculosis. The Ambulance Service is centrally administered by the County Council, as is also the County Council’s Mental Health Service. Laboratory Services The Pathology Laboratory Service is provided at the Southend and Rochford General Hospitals. Bacteriological examination of water supplies, milk, ice cream and other foodstuffs, as well as other specimens, is undertaken at the local laboratory of the Public Health Laboratory Service at the Westcliff Hospital, Balmoral Road, Westcliff-on-Sea. The Public Health staffs are indebted to the Director, Dr. J. A. Rycroft and the Laboratory Staff for their valuable co-operation and assistance to them during the year. The facilities of the Counties Public Health Laboratories at Victoria Street, London, S.W.l. are used when chemical reports on water supplies are required and for the analysis of atmospheric pollution. Hospital Services Normally, local residents are admitted to either the Southend or Rochford General Hospitals by direct arrangement between the private doctor and the hospital concerned. Where out-patient treatment only is required, both hospitals have facilities. The specialist hospitals in the Metropolitan area are easy of access to patients from these Districts. Cases of infectious disease, except tuberculosis, usually go to Westcliff Hospital, but complicated cases of poliomyelitis can be sent to the Poliomeylitis Unit at Rush Green Hospital, Romford. There is a special wing for tuberculous patients at the Rochford General Hospital. Out-patient investigations and treatment for persons suspected of, or suffering from, tuberculosis and other respiratory conditions, is ])rovided at Lancaster House Chest Clinic, Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, by the Considtant Chest Physician, Dr. E. G. Sita-Lumsden. Confidential out-patient treatment for persons suffering from venereal disease is provided for both men and women at Westcliff Hospital.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28917200_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
