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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
Leyton 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The following table shows the annual number of new cases and deaths over a period of 10 years.
| Year | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notifications | Deaths | Notifications | Deaths | Notifications | Deaths | |
| 1946 | 91 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 108 | 47 |
| 1947 | 89 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 98 | 45 |
| 1948 | 130 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 144 | 52 |
| 1949 | 118 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 127 | 37 |
| 1950 | 130 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 145 | 35 |
| 1951 | 100 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 114 | 40 |
| 1952 | 114 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 127 | 31 |
| 1953 | 78 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 91 | 39 |
| 1954 | 70 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 77 | 11 |
| 1955 | 54 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 65 | 12 |
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
(a) Pathological Department, Whipps Cross Hospital, E.ll.
For pathological specimens.
(b) Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale.
For special bateriological investigations; supply of lymph for
vaccination ; supply of diphtheria toxin (A.P.T.).
(c) Counties Public Health Laboratories, Queen Victoria Street, London.
For bacterial and chemical examination of water, milk and other
foods.
(d) Public Analysts, Analytical Laboratory, 20, Eastcheap, E.C.3.
For analysis under provisions of Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
In July, 1948, the County Council became responsible for the provision
of ambulance facilities in the area. The service is now administered
centrally from Chelmsford, the vehicles and staff being accommodated at
the Ambulance Depot in Auckland Road. (Telephone: LEY 6077/8).
HOSPITALS
The following hospitals, administered by the Leytonstone (No. 10)
Group Hospital Management Committee on behalf of London N.E.
Regional Hospital Board, are situated within the Borough of Leyton.
(a) Whipps Cross Hospital.
Accommodation : 924 beds.
(b) Langthorne Hospital.
Accommodation : 636 beds.
NURSING HOMES.
During the year the Essex Association for the Blind requested permission
to amalgamate the nursing homes at 1, Queen's Road and 61,
Wallwood Road, with part of 63, Wallwood Road, into one unit. This
request was granted, and there are now two nursing homes in the Borough
registered under the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1936.