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East Ham 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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MIDWIVES ACTS 1902 - 1936.
The number of midwives who notified their intention to practice
in the area during 1939 was 54. Of this number 36 worked in connection
with the Maternity Hospital and District Nurses Homes ,Plaistow
and Its branches, - 6 at Sir Henry Tate's Nurses Home, Silvertown,1
at the Kelvingrove Nursing Home, Windsor Road, - and 11 practised
independently, including 3 Municipal Midwives.
SUMMARY of VISITS PAID DURING 1939 BY NURSES OP
PLAISTOW MATERNITY HOSPITAL & DISTRICT NURSES HOME
Midv/ifery 313 Monthly 149 Hospital 204.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
The same facilities exist as detailed in previous reports for
the examination of specimens.
During 1939, 973 specimens were examined at the East Ham
Memorial Hospital and 56 pathological examinations were carried
out by the Ministry of Health Laboratory and Counties Public
Health Laboratories.
The number of diphtheria swabs examined at the Infectious
Diseases Hospital and the Town Hall Annexe Laboratory, was as
follows:-
Number.
Positive.
Negative.
2,095
178
1,917
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
Since the war started, the two Town ambulances which operated from
the Fire Station, were handed over to the A.R.P. Ambulance Section
and are worked from one of the Ambulance Depots.
Two ambulances, in addition, are still available for the
removal of infectious cases.

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DOMICILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE. Statistical Return for the year ending 31.12.39.

Numbe r of attendancesNumber of attendancesTotal number of attendances.Number of occasions medicines supplied without seeing patients.
4,28514,98719,272858
Numbor of applications to Medical Officer of Health for hospital treatment.14
Number of requisitions received for atten dance of nurse.41

13.