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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 34.
| Article | No. of occasions Items loaned | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cupboard at | ||||
| Town Hall | East Ham | Church Road | ||
| Annexe | Chest Clinic | Clinic | ||
| Air bed rings (adults) | 25 | 19 | 9 | 53 |
| Bed cradles | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Bed pans | 46 | 15 | 13 | 74 |
| Bed rests | 27 | 7 | 9 | 43 |
| Bedsteads (Hospital) | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Blankets | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| Commodes | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Crutches | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Feeding cups | 2 | 2 | - | 4 |
| Higginsons Syringes | 1 | - | - | l |
| Hot water bottles (rubber) | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Inhalers (one pint) | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Mattresses | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Pillow Cases | 1 | - | - | l |
| Rubber sheets | 25 | 7 | - | 32 |
| Sheets | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Sputum mugs | 1 | 19 | - | 20 |
| Steam kettles | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Thermometers | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Urinals (female) | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Urinals (male) | 7 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| Water Beds | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| Wheel chairs | 42 | - | - | 42 |
| Totals | 217 | 88 | 34 | 339 |
NOTE With the exception of garden shelters stored in sections on other
Council premises, all large articles (owing to storage space) are
kept at the Town Hall Annexe.
In addition from the premature baby outfit cupboard, the following
articles were issued :-
No. of occasions
Premature baby outfits 3
Scales and weights 17
TABLE 35. TUBERCULOSIS 1951.
| No. of visits to homes of patients by nurses during 1951 | No. of notified cases on East Ham Chest Clinic register on 31/12/51. | No. of occasions on which free extra nourishment supplied to patients during the year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Total | Milk | Food | Total | |
| 5,778 | 941 | 302 | 1,243 | 489 | 38 | 527 |
There is no change in the procedure outlined on page 53 of the Annual
Report for the year 1949 in respect of the provision of free extra nourishment
(milk and food) to tuberculous patients; bedding and free convalescent
home treatment.