[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham] page 67

East Ham 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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TABLE 25 HOME NURSING 1952

	East Ham District Nursing Association				Silvertown & North Woolwich District Nursing Association
	Adults		Children	Total	Adults		Children	Total
	Males	Females	Children	Total	Males	Females	Children	Total
Patients on books on 1/1/52	114	267	11	392	2	4	-	6
New patients from 1/1/52 to 31/12/52	755	1,117	454	2,326	21	51	28	100
Patients on books on 31/12/52	118	284	5	407	-	3	-	3
Total number of visits during year	19,759	37,772	2,512	60,043	253	449	155	857
Summary of new cases	East Ham District Nursing Association				Silvertown & North Woolwich District Nursing Association
Bronchitis, pneumonia and pleurisy	410				5
Cardiac	241				7
Tuberculosis	92				2
Rheumatism, arthritis, etc.	43				-
Cerebral	92
Diabetes	58				1
Burns and Scalds	14				1
Cancer	133				2
Senility	43				2
Erysipelas	15				-
Prolapse	12				15
Other Medical	472				28
Various surgical	580				33
Ante-natal	15				-
Post-natal	30				-
Miscarriage	14				4
Other causes	62				-
Total new cases	2,326				100

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A comparision of statistics in regard to the work of the East Ham District Nursing Association is appendedj-

	From 5/7/48 to 31/12/48	1949	1950	1951	1952
Patients on books at beginning of period	178	206	272	371	392
New patients during period	435	1,468	1,689	2,081	2,326
Patients on books at end of period	206	272	371	392	407
Total number of visits during period	17,269	40,647	46,976	58,523	60,043