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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 1942
[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, 1942.
| (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 | ||
| Tuberculosis Institutions and Public Health Hospitals. Harts Sanatorium, Woodford Green. | 57 | 40 | 2 | - | - | - | 23 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Name of Institution. | Reason for Non-availability. | |||||||||||||||||
| Reason for non-availability of beds included in Col. (iii) e.g. damage by enemy action, shortage of nursing staff, evacuation, etc. | Harts Sanatorium Woodford Green, Essex. | Part of one Ward given over to use of East Ham Infectious Diseases Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||
2. Number of Patients receiving treatment in Residential Institutions under the arrangements of the Authority for treatment of Tuberculosis on 31st December, 1942.
| TYPE OF INSTITUTION. | Ex.-Service Mon{Memo. 146/T.Rev. & Ciro, 2334) | OTHER PATIENTS. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Males | Females | Children | Males | Females | Children | |
| A. Institutions belonging to the Authority (wholly or jointly with other Local Authorities.) | ||||||||
| (A) Tuberculosis and Public Health Hospitals. | 4 | - | 27 | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| (B) Public Assistance Hospitals & Institutions. | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| B. Voluntary Institutions. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 | 30 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3. Waiting List, i.e. numberofPatients recommended by the Tuberculosis Officer for and ready to enter upon residential treatment, who, on 31.12.42.had been waiting for a bad for more than ten days. | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - |
33.