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 London County Council]
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Special Hospitals—
Table VIII—
Disease diagnosed in hospital. | Joyce Green and Long Reach | South Wharf. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Chickenpox | - | 12 | 12 |
Vaccinia | - | 1 | 1 |
Diseases of the skin | 1 | 12 | 13 |
Other diseases | - | - | - |
No disease, admitted with mother, diagnosis not confirmed, etc. | 2 | — | 2 |
Total | 3 | 25 | 28 |
Table IX—
Northern hospital (part of). | Males. | Females. | Total. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Remaining under treatment, 1st January, 1934 | 148* | 109 | 257 | |||
Admissions | 22† | 20 | 42 | |||
Discharges— | ||||||
Much improved | — | — | — | |||
Unlikely to benefit by further treatment | - | - | - | |||
Orthopaedic treatment | — | — | — | |||
Removed by parents, etc., not against medical advice | 1 | - | 1 | |||
Removed by parents, etc., against medical advice | 7 | 12 | 19 | |||
Absconded | — | — | — | |||
Not diagnosed as post-encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | |||
Unsuitable or unmanageable | - | 1 | 1 | |||
Transferred to another institution | 4‡ | 2 | 6 | |||
Deaths | 12‡ | 15 | 27 | |||
4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Total discharges and deaths | 16‡ | 16 | 32 | |||
Remaining under treatment, 31st December, 1934. | 154 | 113 | 267 |
* Includes one case on leave.
†Two cases admitted from fever unit.
‡Includes two cases transferred to fever unit and subsequently readmitted.