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East Ham 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table 22.— TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS. 46a
I. Number of beds provided and available in Residential Institutions belonging to the Authority (wholly or jointly with other Local Authorities) on 31st December, 1944.
| (i) Name of Institution | (ii) Total number of beds provided | (iii) Number of beds (included in ii) temporarily not available | (iv) Number of beds vacant and ready for use | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 57 | 40 | 2 | – | – | – | 57 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 57 | 40 | 2 | — | — | — | 57 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Reason for non-availability of beds included in Col. (iii) e.g. damage by enemy action, shortage of nursing staff, evacuation, etc. | Name of Institution. Harts Sanatorium, Woodford Green | Reason for non-availability. Infectious Diseases Hospital, evacuated to Harts Sanatorium (September, 1939) (37 beds). Male patients returned from Naburn Hospital to Grove Park Hospital, Lee Green, S.E., December, 1944 (34 Beds). | ||||||||||||||||
2. Number of Patients receiving treatment in Residential Institutions under the arrangements of the Authority for treatment of Tuberculosis on 31st December, 1944.
| 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 with other Local Authorities) | ||||||||
| (a) Tuberculosis and Public Health Hospitals. | 5 | – | 24 | 26 | – | – | – | – |
| (b) Public Assistance Hospitals and Institutions. | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| B. Institutions belonging to other County or County Borough Councils or Tuberculosis Joint Boards. | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| C. Institutions belonging to Local Authoritites other than A and B | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| D. Voluntary Institutions. | 2 | — | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Totals | 7 | — | 26 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3. Waiting List, i.e., number of Patients recommended by the Tuberculosis Officer for, and ready to enter upon residential treatment, who, on 31st December, 1944, had been waiting for a bed for more than 10 days. | — | — | 11 | 8 | — | 1 | — | — |