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West Ham 1927

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

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Tonsillitis3Varicose Veins1
Transference of Patients from one Hospital to another25X Ray Treatment12
Tuberculosis80Total .. 1478
Tumour1

It should be noted that one third of the number of cases removed
by ambulance were street accidents.
School Clinics.*
Stratford Clinic, 2 Dental Clinics.
84 West Ham Lane, E. 1 Minor Ailment Clinic.
Balaam .Street Clinic, 1 Minor Ailment Clinic.
Plaistow, E» 1 Eye Clinic.
Rosetta Road Clinic, 1 Minor Ailment Clinic.
Custom House, E.
Swanscombe Street Clinic, 1 Minor Ailment Clinic.
Canning- Town, E.1G. 1 Dental Clinic.
All Clinics are used as Inspection Clinics, and arc provided by
the Local Education Authority.
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Balaam Street, Piaistow (see page 85).
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics.
There are seven Clinics subsidized by the Council in addition
to two Municipal Infant Welfare Clinics, as under
Chesterton House, Balaam Street, E.13.
St. Luke's Square, Tidal Basin, E.16.
Martin Street, Stratford, E.15.
South West Ham Health Society, Barking Road, E.16.
Trinity Mission, Oxford Road, Stratford, E.15.
Women's League of Service, Welfare Rd., Stratford, E.15.
Silvertown Municipal Centre, Westwood Road, E.16.
West Ham Lane Municipal Centre, West Ham Lane,
Stratford, E.15.
Given Wilson Institute, Pelly Road, Plaistow, E.13.
For table of Hospitals treating- Venereal Disease under the
L.C.C. Scheme (see page 95).
* See Ministry of Health Circular 834, dated 15th December, 1927.
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