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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 1956

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

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Table: TABLE 45 HOME HELP SERVICE TABULATION OF CASES.

TABLE 45 HOME HELP SERVICE TABULATION OF CASES.

Illness or other cause for which help providedPeriod of Service ProvidedTotal
under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeks1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 months
Maternity19562361-----39
195751816-----39
Tuberculosis19562-2111483058
19573-129653359
Cancer1956-1-1111162251
1967211218382469
Old Age1966681311•727048626854
19671096261147881669892
Other Sickness195688161631281164171
1957737831211176164
TOTALS195618533228125113727321,173
1957273131371721081057021,213

Table: The approved establishment is 80 full time helps or their equivalent ln part time help and on 31st December of each year the staff employed comprised:—

The approved establishment is 80 full time helps or their equivalent ln part time help and on 31st December of each year the staff employed comprised:—

19561957
Full Time Permanent Helps11
Registered Casual Helps120132
Casual Helps on probation prior to Registration1719
Total138152

Table: Provision was made for an average use of 2875 hours per week ln the financial year 1958/7 and 3,250 hours per week in 1957/8. The total hours of service given and the average hours worked perweek were as follows:-

Provision was made for an average use of 2875 hours per week ln the financial year 1958/7 and 3,250 hours per week in 1957/8. The total hours of service given and the average hours worked per

week were as follows:-

YearTotal hours workedAverage per week
1958142,7302,744
1957153,8392,958

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The salient feature in reporting on this most valuable of the social services is the steady expansion
of the service exemp1ified in the following figures of average hours worked per week.
1953 - 2,331 hours per week
1954 - 2,441 " " "
1955 - 2,697 " " "
1956 - 2,744 " " "
1957 - 2,958 " " "