Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 7. A. In-Patients.
Number of Beds and In-Patients.
Numbers in 1946 | Numbers in previous year. | |
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1. Beds:— | ||
(a) Complement at 31st December | 131 | 151* |
(b) Average Daily Complement during the year | 131 | 170.8 |
(c) Average Daily Number Closed during the year owing to :— | ||
(i) Rebuilding | — | – |
(ii) Repairs, Redecoration, Cleaning or Infection | 4 | — |
(iii) Other Causes (enemy action) | — | 47.8 |
(d) Average Daily Number Open during the year:— | ||
(i) Emergency Hospital Scheme, Casualty beds.. | 16.7 | 29.0 |
(ii) Other beds | 113.9 | 94.0 |
(e) Average Daily Number occupied during the year | ||
(i) Emergency Hospital Scheme Casualty Beds | 3.0 | 11.2 |
(ii) Other Beds | 90.3 | 75.9 |
2. Number of In-Patients in the Hospital at beginning of year | 82 | 80 |
3. Number of In-Patients admitted during the year | 2,553 | 2,321 |
4. Number of In-Patients in Hospital at end of year | 95 | 82 |
6. Average Number of days each Patient was resident .. | 13.4 | 13.7 |
6. Number of Patients admitted and discharged during the year who were resident for | ||
(i) only 1 day | 262 | 364 |
(ii) 2 and 3 days | 605 | 344 |
*Including 20 Beds for Emergency Hospital Scheme.
B. Out-Patients.
Number.
Numbers in 1946 | Numbers in previous year. | |
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1. Total Number of new Out-Patients | 17,142 | 17,092 |
2. Total Number of Out-Patient attendances | 89,463 | 86,301 |
(a) Number of Patients on books at the beginning of the year | Not ascertainable | Not ascertainable |
(6) Number of Casualty Patients included in No. 1 above | 5,550 | 5,350 |
(c) No. of Maternity Patients included in No. 1 above | 379 | 403 |
(d) No. of attendances of Maternity Patients included in No. 2 above | 3,269 | 2,708 |