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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 7.
A. In-patients.
Number of Beds and In-patients.
| Numbers in 1940 | Numbers in 1947 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Beds:— | ||
| 131 | 138 | |
| (6) Average Daily Complement during the year | 131 | 134.4 |
| (c) Average Daily Number Closed during the year owing to:— | ||
| (i) Rebuilding or extension schemes | — | — |
| (ii) Repairs, Redecoration, Cleaning or Infection | .4 | — |
| (iii) Other Causes | — | — |
| (i) Emergency Hospital Scheme, Casualty beds | 16.7 | 10 |
| (ii) Other beds | 113.9 | 124.4 |
| (e) Average Daily Number occupied during the year:— | ||
| (i) Emergency Hospital Scheme Casualty Beds | 3.0 | .5 |
| (ii) Other Beds | 90.3 | 100 |
| 2. Number of In Patients in the Hospital at beginning of year | 82 | 95 |
| 3. Number of In Patients admitted during the year | 2,553 | 2,839 |
| 4. Number of In Patients in Hospital at end of year | 95 | 107 |
| 5. Average Number of days each Patient was resident | 13.4 | 13 |
| 6. Number of Patients admitted and discharged during the year who were resident for | ||
| (i) only 1 day | 262 | 339 |
| (ii) 2 and 3 days | 605 | 629 |
B. Out-Patients.
Number.
| Numbers in 1946 | Numbers in 1947 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Total Number of new Out Patients | 17,142 | 17,706 |
| 2. Total Number of Out Patient attendances | 89,463 | 92,085 |
| (a) Number of Patients on books at the beginning of the year | Not ascertainable | Not ascertainable |
| (b) Number of Casualty Patients included in No. 1 above | 5,550 | 7,330 |
| (c) Number of Maternity Patients included in No. 1 above | 379 | 417 |
| (d) Number of attendances of Maternity Patients included in No. 2 above | 3,269 | 3,420 |