Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 37
CONVALESCENT HOME TREATMENT-PERIOD OF TREATMENT
Age Groups | Year | Sex | Up to 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3 - 4 weeks | 4-5 weeks | 5-6 weeks | Over 6 weeks | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under Five Years | 1958 | M | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
F | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | ||
1959 | M | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
F | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | b | ||
School Children | 1958 | M | - | - | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | 23 |
F | - | - | 5 | 10 | 5 | - | 2 | 22 | ||
1959 | M | - | - | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | 18 | |
F | - | - | 9 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 28 | ||
Adults | 1958 | M | 1 | - | 23 | 26 | - | - | 1 | 51 |
F | - | - | 65 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 107 | ||
1959 | M | 1 | 1 | 25 | 30 | - | - | - | 57 | |
F | 4 | 3 | 70 | 55 | 1 | - | - | 133 | ||
Totals | 1958 | 1 | 2 | 107 | 86 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 210 | |
1959 | 5 | 4 | 111 | 115 | 6 | 1 | - | 242 |
TABLE 38
The recommendations for this treatment were submitted by:-
Referred by | Children 0-5 | School Children | Adults | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | |
General Practitioners | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 123 | 149 | 130 | 169 |
Hospitals | - | - | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 11 |
East Ham Chest Clinic | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 24 | 34 |
School Health Service | - | - | 29 | 22 | - | - | 29 | 22 |
M. & C.W. Section | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
Child Guidance Centre | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 |
Totals | 7 | 6 | 45 | 46 | 158 | 190 | 210 | 242 |
For comparison the numbers of children and adults receiving this form of treatment in previous years are appended:-
1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Children 0-5 years | 14 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Schoolchildren | 80 | 74 | 53 | 45 | 46 |
Adults | 175 | 192 | 185 | 158 | 190 |