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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
Woolwich 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| (2) Average duration of stay | 51 days. |
| (3) Reasons for admission:— | |
| Malnutrition, Marasmus and Debility | 40 |
| Vomiting, Dyspepsia and Constipation | 26 |
| Bronchitis | 4 |
| Rickets | 3 |
| Diarrhœa | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 9 |
| 85 | |
| (4) Number of cases discharged | |
| (a) In good health | 60 |
| (b) Improved | 8 |
| (c) No improvement | 8 |
| 76 | |
| (5) Number of cases of infectious disease:— | |
| (a) Measles | — |
| (b) Whooping Cough | — |
| (c) Epidemic Diarrhoea | — |
| (d) Other infectious conditions | 2 |
| 9 | |
(i) Institutional Midwifery. The British Lying-in Hospital
was established in 1749 in Endell Street, Long Acre, but in
1915 certain circumstances rendered it necessary for this
institution to find another home. Fortunately, the Home
for Mothers and Babies, which was established in 1905 in
Wood Street, Woolwich, was available for this purpose and
so the amalgamation of these two institutions came about,
and the new name—The British Hospital for Mothers and
Babies—was adopted. The Hospital does excellent work in