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East Ham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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General and Special Hospitals and
Children's Homes.
Hospitals—
(a) Provided by Local Authority, (b) Maternity, (c)
Orthopaedic, (d) Ear, Nose, and Throat, (e) Puerperal
Fever and Pyrexia, (f) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There are no further comments to make on the Council's
arrangements under the above headings. Particulars have been
set out in previous reports.
(g) Runwell Mental Hospital.
Considerable progress has been made during the year with the
construction of the new buildings. It is anticipated that the
Admission Unit will be completed and available for uncertified
voluntary patients and for the preliminary observation of other
cases, about May, 1936. This will lessen the difficulty now experienced
in securing suitable accommodation for such patients from
this district.
TABLE 7
Disposition of East Ham Mental Patients on 31.12.1935
| Male. | Female. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood | 7 | 25 | 32 |
| Cambridge | — | 10 | 10 |
| Canterbury | 35 | — | 35 |
| Cardiff | — | 20 | 20 |
| Colchester | 6 | 27 | 33 |
| Cotford | 9 | — | 9 |
| Gateshead | — | 24 | 24 |
| Gloucester | 28 | 20 | 48 |
| Goodmayes | 24 | — | 24 |
| Oxford | — | 12 | 12 |
| Park Prewitt | — | 20 | 20 |
| Peckham House | 23 | 30 | 53 |
| Powick (Worcester) | 70 | 10 | 80 |
| Stone (Dartford) | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Three Counties (Bedfordshire | 9 | 9 | |
| Wells | — | 39 | 39 |
| Various Institutions | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| Totals | 221 | 263 | 484 |