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East Ham 1952

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

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TABLE 33
Article
No. of occasions items loaned
Total
Cupboard at
Town Hall
Annexe
East Ham
Chest Clinic
Church
Rd. Clinic
Air bed rings (adults)
15
9
8
32
Bed Blocks
1
1
-
2
Bed Boards
1
-
-
1
Bed cradles
3
-
3
6
Bed pans
36
7
13
56
Bed rests
34
3
8
45
Blankets
2
-
-
2
Commodes
5
-
-
5
Crutches
3
-
-
3
Douche Cans
2
-
1
3
Dunlopillo Mattresses
1
-
-
1
Dunlopillo Rings
5
-
-
5
Feeding Cups
-
1
-
1
Higginson's Syringes
1
-
-
1
Hospital Bedsteads
1
-
-
1
Mattresses
2
-
-
2
Pillow Slips
3
-
-
3
Rubber Sheets
12
3
-
15
Sheets
3
-
-
3
Sputum mugs
1
7
-
8
Urinals (male)
16
8
5
29
Water beds
4
-
-
4
Wheel Chairs
55
-
-
55
Totals
206
39
38
283
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 6
Scales and weights 30
TUBERCULOSIS
No. of attendances at East Ham Chest Clinic 24,327
No. of visits to homes of patients by Tuberculosis Visitors 4,008
No, of notified cases on clinic register on:-
1.1.52: Adults 933
Children 302 l,235
31.l2.52: Adults 941
Children 303 l,244
No. of patients under observation on
1.1.52: Adults 465
Children 300 765
31.120.52: Adults 692
Children 431 1,123