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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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VENEREAL DISEASES
The following statistics have been abstracted from copies of form V.D.{R), which have been received from the Hospitals named and total figures for 1956 and 1957 are also shown:-
| Patients Dealt With for the First Time During the Year | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 1959 | |||||||
| Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other Conditions | Total | Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other Conditions | Total | |
| Whltechapel Clinic, London Hospital | 4 | 22 | 71 | 97 | 4 | 25 | 99 | 128 |
| St. Thomas' Hospital | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Dock. Hospital | - | 8 | 25 | 33 | - | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| Queen Mary's Hospital, E.15 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 31 |
| Totals | 5 | 33 | 131 | 169 | 6 | 32 | 147 | 185 |
| Totals for 1956 | 4 | 26 | 191 | 221 | ||||
| Totals for 1957 | 4 | 28 | 163 | 195 | ||||
CHILDREN'S ACT-NURSERY AND SCATTERED HOMES
The statistics for the two years are appended:-
| 1958 | 1959 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Average number in homes throughout the year | 78 | 60.6 |
| 2. No. chargeable to East Ham on 1st January | 79 | 63 |
| 3. No. chargeable to East Ham on 31st December | 58 | 51 |
| k. Average weekly admissions | 3.21 | 2.4 |
| 5. Average weekly discharges | 3.76 | 2.8 |
The medical officers of the Public Health Department continue to give a comprehensive medical
service to the children in the residential nursery at Brading Crescent and the scattered homes in
Woodford, East Ham and Ilford. A rota of medical duties is prepared to cover working days, night calls
and weekends.
TABLE 13 PUBLIC MORTUARY-STATISTICS
| AUTHORITY | YEAR 5 938 | YEAR 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Bodies Received | No. of Autopsies Performed | No. of Bodies Received | No. of Autopsies Performed | |
| EAST HAM | 126 | 126 | 163 | 162 |
| BARKING | 31 | 30 | 37 | 36 |
| DAGENHAM | 43 | 45 | 30 | 30 |
| ILFORD | 24 | 24 | 7 | 7 |
| WEST HAM | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 224 | 225 | 238 | 236 |