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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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CHILD LIFE PROTECTION.
Sections 206 to 220 of the Public Health Act, 1956.
(a) Number of persons who were receiving children for reward at
the end of the year - 11.
(b) Number of children:
(i) at the end of the year - 13
(ii) who died during the year - Nil
(iii) on whom inquests were held during the year - Nil.
(c) Number of Child Protection Visitors at the end of the year
who were:
(i) Health Visitors - 7
(ii) Female, other than Health Visitors - Nil
(iii) Male. - Nil.
(d) Number of persons (in addition to or in lieu of Visitors
nder (c) above) or societies authorised to visit under the
proviso to Section 209 (2) of the Public Health Act, 1936. - Nil.
(e) Proceedings taken during Act and Section under
the year: which proceedings were taken
Nil. Nil.
ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT.
Cases are referred to the East Ham Memorial Hospital and
Queen Mary's Hospital Stratford, under similar arrangements to
the School Medical Service.
REGISTRATION OF NURSING HOMES (SECTIONS 187 to 194 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT,1936)
Return of the work of the Council during 1939.
| Number of Homes. | Number of patients provided for:- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materrity Patients | Others. | Totals. | ||
| Homes first registered during the year | - | - | - | |
| Homes on the register at the end of the year. | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
The number of cases admitted and treated at the Nursing Home
(Kelvingrove) in the Borough during 1939, was as follows:Maternity
28, others 36.
24.