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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Jaundice | 2 | Pneumonia | 33 |
| Laryngitis | 1 | Prolapse | 1 |
| Marasmus | 10 | Pyelitis | 2 |
| Mastoid | 5 | Pyloric Stenosis | 1 |
| Meatotomy | 1 | Pyrexia | 1 |
| Meningitis | 2 | Rectal Polvpus | 2 |
| Naevus | 1 | Rheumatism | 3 |
| Necrosis of Leg | J. | Rickets | 2 |
| Needle in Foot | L | Scalds | 6 |
| Nephritis | 1 | Septic Rash | 1 |
| Observation (for) | 8 | Swallowed Paraffin Oil | 1 |
| Otitis | •') | Tape Worms | 1 |
| Otorrhoea | 1 | Tonsils and Adenoids | 11 |
| Paraffin Poisoning | 1 | Tonsillitis | 1 |
| Parotitis | 1 | Tuberculosis | 2 |
| Pericarditis | 1 | Pes Valgus | 1 |
| Peritonitis | 1 |
| Anterior Polio-Myelitis | 3 | Hip Joint Disease | 7 |
| C.E.V | 1 | Knee Joint Disease | 2 |
| C.T.E.V. | 5 | Lumbar Caries | 1 |
| Genu Varum | 1 | Rickets | 8 |
Maternity and Nursing Homes in the Borough.
There are three registered Maternity Homes in the Borough,
one of these being the Plaistow Maternity Hospital, where,
although there is no resident Medical Officer, medical help is
readily available.
The other two Maternity Homes are private nursing homes
with beds for maternity patients; one home has one maternity
room, the other has two rooms reserved for midwifery cases.
Chronic medical cases are treated in addition in both the latter
homes.
There is one other nursing home in the Borough, which has
accommodation for three chronic medical or senile cases.
I hese homes are all registered under the Nursing Homes
Registration Act, which came into force on 1st July, 1928. Visits
of inspection have been paid to these premises bv the Medical
Officer of Health, and the work carried on has not been found to
be unsatisfactory.
(1) Number of applications for registration 1
(2) Number of Homes registered 4
(3) Number refused registration —
(4) Number of appeals against such orders —
119