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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
West Ham 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Ambulance Service.
The Council has two Motor Ambulances for the removal
of infectious patients to hospital, and two ambulances for
removing infected bedding, clothing, etc., to the disinfecting
station.
There are also two motor ambulances for transference of
non-infectious and accident cases to or from institutions. The
latter ambulances made 607 journeys during the year. In 159
cases persons were removed from one address to another within
the Borough. In 448 cases from an address within the Borough
to an institution outside or vice versa.
During the year under review a mutual arrangement was
agreed to between West Ham, the County Borough of East
Ham and the District of Barking for reciprocal use of ambulances
on call in case of emergency should the ambulance of
one or other authority be unavailable.
Midwives' Acts, 1902 & 1918.
| Number ot Midwives practising for an Association or privately. | Number giving notice of intention to practise. | Number of Births attended. | Number of Records of sending for Medical Aid. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plaistow Maternity Charity | 57 | 3,567 | 591 |
| Beechctoft Nuises' Home | 31 | 164 | 33 |
| Salvation Army Nurses | 2 | 433 | 32 |
| Tate Nurses' Institution | 3 | 235 | 46 |
| Queen Mary's Hospital Extern. | 5 | 152 | 18 |
| Private Practice: | |||
| a. Hughes, F. | 1 | 105 | 15 |
| 1 | 50 | 2 | |
| 1 | 39 | 0 | |
| d. Southwell, Sarah | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | 324 | 24 | |
| f. Price, Flora | 1 | 45 | 1 |
| 1 | 121 | 32 | |
| 1 | 180 | 29 | |
| i. Speake, Alice | 1 | 69 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 54 | 12 | |
| l. Jarvis, Cecilia | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 110 | 5,545 | 841 |