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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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Statistics.
Admissions.
Males 75
Females 59
Discharges (including deaths).
Males 77
Females 65
Deaths.
Males 6
Females 5
Service Cases.
Males 32
Females 2
Observation.
Male 1
(diagnosis broncho-pneumonia)
Collapse Therapy.
Artificial Pneumothorax inductions 22
Artificial Pneumoperitoneum inductions 5
Number of Refills given 833
Patients on Tuberculin treatment 3
Patients on Gold treatment 39
Number of Films taken 679
Number of Sputa examined 804
Blood Sedimentation Rates 846
Phrenic Crush 2
Tomograph 1
Thoracoscopy, and adhesion section 20
Thoracoplasty 2
Bronchograms 4