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 West Ham]
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I. The hospital accommodation at present available, both voluntary
and municipal, and how it is variously allocated
to different diseases or type of disability.
II. The situation, type and function of the various clinics in the
Borough.
III. Work of the District Medical Officers.
IV. The extent of the specialist medical services.
V. (a) Number of insured population under the National
surance Act.
(b) Number of Panel doctors.
(c) Number on Relief.
(d) Total population.
(e) Population under five years of age.
(f) School population.
(g) Number of West Ham residents dying in institutions
not within or belonging to the Borough.
(h) Hospitals in East Ham, Leyton, Walthamstow.
VI. Summary.
VII. Small-pox.
1—THE HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION AT PRESENT
AVAILABLE, VOLUNTARY, MUNICIPAL, AND PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE, AND HOW IT IS VARIOUSLY
ALLOCATED TO DIFFERENT DISEASES OR
TYPE OF DISABILITY.
Municipal:
Plaistow Fever Hospital.
West Ham Children's Hospital, Harold Wood.
Dagenham Sanatorium (Adults suffering from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis).
Langdon Hills Sanatorium (Children suffering from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis).
Public Assistance:
Whipps Cross Hospital.
Central Home.
Forest Gate Hospital.
Forest House.
Margate Convalescent Home.
Voluntary :
Plaistow Maternity Hospital.
Queen Mary's Hospital.
St. Mary's Hospital.
Children's Hospital, Balaam Street.
Albert Dock Hospital.
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