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East Ham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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For Practitioners—
Spirochaetes —
Gonococci 41
Wassermann 32
Others 35
Total 108
During 1936, one East Ham patient was in residence under
the Hostel Scheme for a period of 202 days.
Mental Deficiency.
As stated in previous reports, a number of cases are admitted
to the South Ockendon Colony for Mental Defectives—the Cell
Barnes Colony, Herts, and similar institutions. Low and medium
grade defectives are accommodated at Forest Gate Hospital.
Clinics and Treatment Centres.
These are all provided by the Council. The sessions
at the centres are as follows, viz: —