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East Ham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
| 1.Number of Beds provided and available in Residential Institutions belonging to the Authority on 31st December, 1941. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) Name of Institution | (ii) Total number of beds provided | (iii) Number of beds (included in ii) temporarily not available | (iv) Number of available beds vacant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary. | _ _Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | „ -Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non- Pulmonary. | |||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | |||||||
| Tuberculosis Institutions and Public Health Hospitals. Harts Sanatorium,Woodford Green | 47 | 31 | 2 | - | - | - | 23 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Name of Institution. | Reason for nonavailability | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reason for non-availability of beds included in Col, (iii) e.g. damage by enemy action shortage of nursing staffs evaluation, etc. | Harts Sanatorium, Woodford Green, Essex. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Part of one Ward given over to use of East Ham Infectious Diseases Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.Number of paments receiving treatment in Residental Institutions under the arrangements of the Authority for treatment of Tuberculosis on 31st December, 1941 . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TYPE OF INSTITUTION. | Ex- Service Men (Memo. 146/T.Rev. and Circular 2334) | OTHER PATIENTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non Pulmonary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary/ Non Pulmonary | Males | Females | Children | Males | Females | Children | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. Institutions belonging to the Authority (wholly or jointly the other Local Authorities | 2 | - | 22 | 19 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| (A) Tuberculosis and Public Health Hospitals. | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| (B) Public Assistance Hospitals & Institutions B• Voluntary Institations | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS. | 2 | - | 30 | 22 | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. Waiting List, i.e., number of Patients. recommended by the Tuberculosis officer for and ready to enter upon residential treat ment, who, on 31.12.41, had been waiting for a bed for more than 10 days. | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||