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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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The Council does not possess a Municipal Maternity Home : a large maternity block is attached to the Forest Gate Hospital, under the Public Assistance Committee; agreements have been made whereby subsidies are granted to Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, and to the Plaistow Maternity Hospital for the reception of maternity cases.
| Maternity Hospitals. | West Ham Residents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of beds | No. of cases | Weeks spent | |
| (1) Queen Mary's Hospital | 50 | 498 | 952 |
| (2) Plaistow Maternity Hospital | 56 | 892 | 1736 |
| (3) Forest Gate Hospital | 44 | 198 | 650 |
Arrangements have been made with St. Mary's Hospital, E.13, and with the Invalid and Crippled Children's Hospital, E.13, whereby infants and children under 5 years of age may be admitted for hospital treatment.
| West Ham Residents | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of beds | No. of cases | Weeks spent | |
| (1) St. Mary's Hospital, E.13 | 10 | 231 | 690 |
| (2) Children's Hospital, Balaam Street, E.13 | |||
| (a) Ailing Babies' Ward | 16 | 155 | 792 |
| (b) Orthopoedic Ward | 4 | 11 | 29 |
List of complaints for which children under 5 years were
treated at St. Mary's Hospital, and at the Children s Hospital,
Balaam Street:—
St. Mary's Hospital, Plaistow, E.13.
Abscess 7
Accidents 1
Adenitis 6
Appendicitis 1
Bronchitis 11
Cataract 1
Cellulitis 3
Chorea 1
Circumcision 1
Injury to:—
Face 1
Hip 2
Skull 2
Leg 1
Head 3
Intussusception 4
Laryngitis 1
Marasmus 1
Cleft Palate 3
Colitis 1
Concussion 2
Conjunctivitis 1
Convulsions 6
Corneal Ulcer 5
Cystitis 4
Diarrhoea and Vomiting 2
Debility 1
Diphtheria 1
Ear Trouble 2
Empyema 2
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