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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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"HARTS" SANATORIUM.-Year ended 31st March, 1930.
| Expenditure. | Cost per Patient per week. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | S. | d. | |
| Salaries and Wages | 2,408 | 16 | 7 |
| Provisions | 2,342 | 16 | 4 |
| Disinfectants, Drugs and Appliances | 117 | 0 | 10 |
| Coal, Coke and Firewood | 227 | 1 | 7 |
| Lighting and Water | 434 | 3 | 0 |
| Furniture, Bedding and Linen | 60 | 0 | 5 |
| Uniforms and Dresses | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Chandlery and Sundries | 249 | 1 | 9 |
| General Repairs | 885 | 6 | 2 |
| Garden Implements, Seeds, etc | 44 | 0 | 4 |
| Horse Hire | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Printing, Stationery and Advertise ments | 48 | 0 | 4 |
| Rent of Telephones | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| Rates, Taxes and Insurance | 308 | 2 | 2 |
| X-Ray Examinations | 41 | 0 | 3 |
| £7,208 | 50 | 1 | |
REPORT ON THE WORK AT THE BOROUGH INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
| Disease. | Remaining at end of 1928. | Admitted during 1929. | Discharged during 1929. | Died during 1929. | Remaining at end of 1929. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 17 | 314 | 288 | 3 | 40 |
| Diphtheria... | 66 | 543 | 478 | 35 | 96 |
| Diph. Scarlet Fever | - | 14 | 9 | - | 5 |
| Enteric Fever | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Parotitis | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Totals | 83 | 877 | 780 | 39 | 141 |
A review of the year's work of the Isolation Hospital shows a
total of 877 patients admitted for treatment, as compared with 977
for the previous twelve months. Of this number, 557 were suffering
from diphtheria and 314 from scarlet fever. The admissions
for the year 1928 were 445 and 532 respectively. It will thus be
seen that a larger number of patients suffering from the more
serious illness-diphtheria-were admitted to the Institution.
Whereas, owing to the somewhat mild type of scarlet fever now