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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 48
| Article | No. of occasions items loaned | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cupboard at | ||||||||
| Town Hall Annexe | East Chest | Ham Clinic | Church Rd. Clinic | |||||
| 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| Air bed rings (adults | 9 | 107 | 4 | - | 4 | 12 | 17 | 119 |
| Bed Blocks | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Bed Boards | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bed cradles | 1 | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 11 |
| Bed pans | 38 | 112 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 124 |
| Bed rests | 26 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 99 |
| Blankets | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 |
| Commodes | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Crutches | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| Dunlopillo Mattresses | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dunlopillo Rings | 11 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 11 | 4 |
| Feeding Cups | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | ll |
| Hot Water Bottles | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Hospital Bedsteads | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Mattresses | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 |
| Pillows | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Pillow Slips | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 |
| Rubber Sheets | 16 | 71 | - | - | - | 6 | 16 | 77 |
| Sand Bags | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Sheets | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 |
| Sputum mugs | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Steam Kettles | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Urinals „ | 11 | 35 | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 14 | 41 |
| Walking Sticks | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | l | 1 |
| Water beds | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Wheel Chairs | 49 | 36 | - | - | - | - | 49 | 36 |
| Totals | 195 | 514 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 222 | 561 |
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
1953 1954
Premature baby outfits 3 1
Scales and weights 48 32
TUBERCULOSIS
1953 1954
No. of attendances at East Ham Chest Clinic 27,521 27,458
No. of visits to homes of patients by Tuberculosis
Visitors 4,489 4,307
No. of attendances per month by Tuberculosis
Visitors at Clinic Session 105 105