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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 9. 1.—In-Patients.
Number of Beds and In-Patients.
| Numbers in 1937 | Numbers in previous year. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Beds:— | ||
| (a) Complement at 31st December | 100 | 100 |
| (b) Average Daily Complement during the year | 100 | 100 |
| (c) Average Daily Number Closed during the year, owing to:— | ||
| (i) Rebuilding or Extension Schemes | — | — |
| (ii) Repairs, Redecoration, Cleaning or Infection | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| (iii) Other Causes | — | — |
| (d) Average Daily Number Open during the year | 98.8 | 98.5 |
| (e) Average Daily Number Occupied during the year | 90.2 | 94.2 |
| 2. Number of In-Patients in the Hospital at beginning of year. | 91 | 96 |
| 3. Number of In-Patients admitted during year | 1,957 | 1,850 |
| 4. Number of In-Patients in the Hospital at the end of the year | 90 | 91 |
| 5. Average number of days each Patient was resident (ascertained by dividing the yearly total of daily counts, viz.:— 32 937 by the number of Patients treated to a conclusion, i.e., (2) plus (3) — (4).) | 16.8 | 18.6 |
| 6. Number of Patients admitted and discharged during the year who were resident for— | ||
| (i) only 1 day | 162 | 94 |
| (ii) 2 and 3 days | 245 | 144 |
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| Numbers in 1937 | Numbers in previous year | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Total number of new Out-Patients | 15,164 | 14,134 |
| 2. Total number of Out-Patient Attendances | 82,272 | 80,113 |
| (a) Number of Patients on books at the beginning of the year | Not ascertainable | Not ascertainable |
| (b) Number of Casualty Patients included in No. 1 above | 4,361 | 3,970 |
| (c) Number of Maternity Patients included in No. 1 above, attended at home | — | — |
| (d) Number of Attendances on Maternity Patients included in No. 2 above | — | — |