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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
East Ham 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The entertainments given by Concert Parties and a Band at
various times during the year were much appreciated by the
patients, as also was the rendering of carols by a Choir on Boxing
Day.
HARTS SANATORIUM.—Year ended 31st March, 1929.
| Expenditure. | Cost per Patient per week. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Salaries and Wages | 2,367 | 16 | 7 |
| Provisions | 2,384 | 16 | 9 |
| Disinfectants, Drugs and Appliances | 93 | 0 | 8 |
| Coal, Coke and Firewood | 277 | 1 | 11 |
| Lighting and Water | 373 | 2 | 8 |
| Furniture, Bedding and Linen | 50 | 0 | 4 |
| Uniforms and Dresses | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Chandlery and Sundries | 266 | 1 | 10 |
| General Repairs | 773 | 5 | 5 |
| Garden Implements, Seeds, etc. | 42 | 0 | 3 |
| Horse Hire | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| Printing, Stationery and Advertisement | 29 | 0 | 2 |
| Rent of Telephones | 31 | 0 | 3 |
| Rates, Taxes and Insurance | 359 | 2 | 6 |
| X-Ray Examinations | 36 | 0 | 3 |
| £7,106 | 49 | 10 | |
REPORT ON THE WORK AT THE BOROUGH
INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
During the year 1928 the incidence of Diphtheria and Scarlet
Fever remained very high; that for Diphtheria being the highest
ever known in the district.
The patients admitted to Hospital numbered 997, as compared
with 984 in the year 1927, but in a large proportion of cases the
period of detention in Hospital, for Diphtheria, was above the
average.
Unfortunately it has been necessary to continue to overcrowd
the patients, owing to lack of accommodation and the very high
incidence of cases of Diphtheria which it is important should be
treated in Hospital, on the other hand a large percentage of the
Scarlet Fever patients have been treated in their own homes, with
apparently no untoward results either in the direction of the