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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Assistance was given as follows:—
| Sent to Convalescent Homes and Sanatoria | 198 |
| Provided with surgical appliances | 35 |
| Referred for visiting and advice | 25 |
| Cases withdrawn on re-examination | 8 |
| Parents refused treatment offered | 8 |
| Transferred to other associations | 4 |
| Awaiting treatment at end of 1946 | 11 |
| Total 289 |
Number of home visits paid during the year—925.
EAST HAM DISTRICT NURSING
ASSOCIATION.
The number of visits paid by the nursing staff gives some
indication of the nursing care afforded to residents in the Borough
and the calls are still increasing.
The Council is very appreciative of the work undertaken by the
Association and the sympathetic service rendered.
Summary of cases, 1946 :—
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 71 |
| Tuberculosis | 35 |
| Cardiac | 53 |
| Rheumatism, Arthritis, etc. | 51 |
| Cerebral | 65 |
| Diabetes | 58 |
| Burns and Scalds | 19 |
| Other medical | 197 |
| Various surgical | 115 |
| Cancer | 110 |
| Senility | 109 |
| Total | 883 |
| Patients on books, 1/1/46 | 130 |
| New patients nursed during 1946 | 753 |
| Total | 883 |
Total number of visits during 1946—18,943.