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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
Hampstead 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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people is noticeable, for with one exception all those who stayed in
hospital longer than 85 days were over 60 years old.
Table VII.
| Age | Days in Hospital. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-7 | 8-14 | 15-28 | 29-56 | 57-84 | 85 + | |
| 0—4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5—14 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 15—24 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25—34 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35—44 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 45—54 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 55—64 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 65+ | 5 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The total number of days spent in hospital by the 315 persons in
this survey was 7,540. This includes the 17 cases who stayed longer
than 85 days (3 months), their total being 2,776 days.
The cost to the health service of all these cases would be £21,400
if it be assumed that the cost per bed per week for New End Hospital
is that of the average non-teaching hospital in the N.W. Metropolitan
Region and the cost in Hampstead General Hospital is that of a teaching
hospital. This does not include the loss to the families and the persons
involved, nor the loss to industry.