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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
West Ham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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FOREST GATE HOSPITAL.
| MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | ||
| Admitted | — | 27 | 30 | 611 | 27 | 38 | 290 | 32 | 4 | 1059 |
| Discharged | I | 23 | 34 | 476 | 21 | 20 | 306 | 14 | 3 | 898 |
| Refused Admission | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Admitted by means of Relieving Officer and District Med. Officer | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | 153 | ||||||
| 3 | 145 | 5 | ||||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 2 | 88 | 3 | 93 | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and District Med. Officer | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| M.O.H. | — | 33 | 10 | 43 | ||||||
| Otherwise | 8 | 243 | 88 | 339 | ||||||
| Transferred from other institutions | 37 | 133 | 56 | 226 | ||||||
| Med. Superintendent | — | — | 70 | 70 | ||||||
| No. of infectious cases | 1 | — | 31 | 32 | ||||||
| Transferred to other institutions | 34 | 108 | 76 | 218 | ||||||
| Deaths | 2 | 74 | 24 | 100 | ||||||
| Total No. of sick cases receiving treatment on 2/1/32 | 149 | 468 | 124 | 741 | ||||||
| Total No. of maternity patients in the Home on 2/1/32 | — | 53 | — | 53 | ||||||
| No. of Vacant Beds if any on 2/1/32 | — | 9 | — | 9 | ||||||