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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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For practitioners:-
| Spirochaetes | Nil | Nil |
| Gronococc | Nil | 1 |
| Wasserman | Nil | 10 |
| Others | Nil | 4 |
| Total: | Nil | 15 |
RUNWELL MENTAL HOSPITAL.
Mental patients are now accommodated in Runwell Mental
Hospital Essex, the Institution belonging to the County Boroughs
of East Ham and Southend-on-Sea.
Statistics and other information relating to the Hospital are
contained in the Annual Report for 1941,
EAST HAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
The work of the Hospital ad Public Health Department becomes
more closely associated each year. and acknowledge with gratitude
the help of the Committee and honorary medical staff.
Reference should be made to the Annual Report.
BLIND PERSONS ACTS„ 1920 - 1938.
The following figures are abstracted from the statistical record or the registration of blind persons, as at 31. 3.42:-
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941. | 1940 | |||
| Number on register | 115 | 107 | 222 | 223 |
| Total employed | 23 | 6 | 29 | 21 |
| Undergoing training | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Trained but unemployed | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| No training but trainable | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Unemployable | 85 | 93 | 178 | 188 |
| Children (5 to 16 years). | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
MENTAL DEFICIENCY ACTS, 3.913 - 1938.
PARTICULARS OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES AS ON 1ST JANUARY, 1942,
| STATISTICS. | 1941. | 1940. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |
| 1. Under ORDER | ||||||
| (a)(1) In Institutions (excluding cases on Licence). | ||||||
| Under 16 years of age | 17 | 14 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| Aged 16 years and over | 47 | 34 | 81 | 40 | 31 | 72 |
| (2) On Licence from Institutions | ||||||
| Under 16 years of age | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aged 16 years and over | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
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