London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The hospitals to which the 304 cases of notifiable infectious disease were admitted are named below:—
| Name of Hospital | No. of cases admitted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaistow Fever Hospital, Samson Street, E.13 | 147 | ||||
| Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, E.ll | 40 | ||||
| Chingford Isolation Hospital, Chingford, E.4 | 32 | ||||
| Eastern Fever Hospital, Homerton, E.9 | 16 | ||||
| Ilford Isolation Hospital, Chadwell Heath | 17 | ||||
| North Eastern Hospital, St. Ann's Road, N.15 | 12 | ||||
| Brook Hospital, Shooters Hill, S.E.I8 | 11 | ||||
| Rush Green Hospital, Romford | 5 | ||||
| Park Hospital, Hither Green, S.E.13 | 3 | ||||
| South Lodge Hospital, World's End, Enfield, N.21 | 3 | ||||
| Waltham Abbey Isolation Hospital, Waltham Cross | 3 | ||||
| Bow Arrow Hospital, Dartford | 3 | ||||
| Baddow Road Isolation Hospital, Chelmsford | 2 | ||||
| Hornsey Hospital, Hornsey, N.8 | 2 | ||||
| Coppetts Wood Hospital, N.10 | 1 | ||||
| Southend Isolation Hospital, Southend | 1 | ||||
| Isolation Hospital, Billerieay | 1 | ||||
| Finchley Memorial Hospital, N.8 | 1 | ||||
| Lambeth Hospital, Lambeth, S.E.ll | 1 | ||||
| London Hospital, E.l | 1 | ||||
| East Ham Memorial Hospital, E.7 | 1 | ||||
| Children's Hospital, Holborn, W.C.I | 1 | ||||
| Total | 304 | ||||
| Cancer. Deaths, 1949:— | |||||
| Total deaths | 241 | ||||
| Male deaths | 137 | ||||
| Female deaths | 104 | ||||
| 1949 | 1948 | 1947 | 1946 | 1945 | |
| Carconima | 222 | 181 | 214 | 209 | 191 |
| Sarcoma | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Rodent Ulcer | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Epithelioma | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Endothelioma | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Glio-blastoma | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Chloroma | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Hyponephroma | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Papilloma | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Myeloma | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Seminoma | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Melanoma | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Glioma | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Unstated | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 7 |
| Totals | 241 | 202 | 236 | 225 | 206 |