Attention is directed to the deplorable lack of hospital aecommodation for that arca, known Thames-side, Iyingg to the cast of London. Post-war sities have populated with families, mainly' whom no room is avail al London, Thus, around Becontree alone, some 200,000 persons ultimo ately' will be housed and the total in the area envisaged will approach half a million persons. This work-class population, niostly earning their livelihood in London, cannot Ihe served by the present hospital Iiford, whose 70 beds are i quate for the needs of t alone, and further provision is in perative even to approach the minimum standard of two beds per thousand of population, adopted in the reports of the Voluntary Hox pitals Commission, 'The object is to erect in this area a newt general hospital, which by, of His" Majesty, "King George Tespital." appeal' fund bby: don M. the King and of £50 from the Queen. Contributions earn be sent to the Hon. Charles Rhys, Hon, eeasurer, 10. Downing to Mest Lombard County Council are '68,000 houses. will house was opened at the fate of one in every Bf en minutes, The total capital - expeni housing to which the Council nitted is £42,000,000, of 1,000 has Leen spent.
The Queen's Concern Becontree, the largest housing estate in the world, is situated at Dagenham, on the north side of the Thames, between Tilbury and London. The whole district becoming industrialized. Already 16,000 houses, with population of 80,000, have been built on the estate, Many schools have been opened, and sites have been reserved for churches, parks, ravies, and other public buildings. When the Queen visited Becontree, she asked:—"Where is the hospi al?" There is no general hospital, although the population for the estate and the surrounding. district exceeds half-a-million, Nowhere else in Great Britain is there so large a population without 'a general hospital, and it is intoresting to note that no new general hospital has been erected to serve London's needs since 1892.
The: erection of a large general hospital is beyond the means of the popula
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