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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| Numbers in 1938 | Numbers in pfevicus year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Beds :— | ||
| (a) Complement at 31st December | 104 | ||
| (b) Average Daily Complement during the year | 102.1 | ||
| (c) Average Daily Number Closed during the year, owing to:— | |||
| (i) Rebuilding or Extension Schemes | - | ||
| (ii) Repairs, Redecoration, Cleaning or Infection | 1.4 | 1.2 | |
| (iii) Other Causes (National Crisis) | .1 | - | |
| (d) Average Daily Number Open during the year | 100.6 | 98 8 | |
| (e) Average Daily Number Occupied during the year | 92 6 | 90. 2 | |
| 2. | Number of In-Patients in the Hospital at beginning of year. | 90 | 91 |
| 3. | Number of In-Patients admitted during year | 2,047 | |
| 4. | Number of In-Patients in the Hospital at the end of the year | 93 | 90 |
| Average number of days each Patient was resident (ascertained by dividing the yearly total of daily counts, viz.:— 33 790 by the number of Patients treated to a conclusion, i.e., (2) plus (3) - (4).) | 16.5 | 16.8 | |
| Number of Patients admitted and discharged during the year who were resident for— | |||
| (i) only 1 day | 179 | 162 | |
| (ii) 2 and 3 days | 300 | 245 |
2.— Out-Patients.
| Numbers in 1938 | Numbers in previous year | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Total number of new Out-Patients | 15,135 | 15,164 |
| 2. Total number of Out-Patient Attendances | 84,659 | 82 272 |
| (a) Number of Patients on books at the beginning of the year | Not ascertainable | Not ascertainable |
| (ft) Number of Casualty Patients included in No. 1 above | 4,289 | 4,361 |
| (c) Number of Maternity Patients included in No. 1 above, attended at home | — | — |
| — | — |