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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 1944

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

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Table: Table 19.—REGISTRATION OF NURSING HOMES. (Sections 187 to 194 or the Public Health Act, 1936.) Return of the Work of the Council during 1944.

Table 19.—REGISTRATION OF NURSING HOMES. (Sections 187 to 194 or the Public Health Act, 1936.) Return of the Work of the Council during 1944.

Number of HomesNumber of Patients provided for
Maternity PatientsOthersTotals
Homes first registered during the year————
Homes on the Register at the end of the year————
Homes deleted during theyear————

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Premature Infants.
Care of Premature Infants—Circular 20/44.
(a) Do the Notification of Birth Cards
provide space for the weight at birth
when this is 5½ lbs. or less?
No.*
(6) If so, (i) the date on which these
cards came into use.
—
(ii) The number of babies
notified who weighed
5½ lbs. or less at birth
—
(c) Which of the recommendations in
(i) Paragraph 2 (b) to (f)
and (ii) Paragraph 3
of the Circular have the Council been
able to implement?
(b) to (d)—No.
(e) and (/)—Yes.
Infants would be admitted
to Plaistow Maternity
Hospital.
(d) Has a special form of transport for
the conveyance of these infants to
hospital been provided?
No.
(e) What arrangements have been made
between the hospitals and the Welfare
Authority to insure the follow-up of
the infants on discharge?
Reports received from
hospitals on every mother
and child discharged and
cases followed up.
*Cards have now been printed.