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West Ham 1930

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

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MISCELLANEOUS DATA.
Number of insured population under the National
Insurance Act
Number of panel doctors
Number on relief (week ended 27/12/30)
Number of old age pensioners (31/12/30)
Estimated total population
Estimated population under five years of age
Estimated School population
Number of West Ham residents dying in institutions
not within or belonging to this Borough in
1929 (including 51 under 1 year and 322, 1
year and upwards)
Total deaths in 1929 (assigned to West Ham
Total deaths in all institutions
* 42 per cent.
Hospitals in East Ham, Leyton and Walthamstow:
East Ham ... East Ham Memorial Hospital (100 beds).
Aldersbrook Home for Children.
Walthamstow Connaught Hospital, Orford Road (100 beds).
130,966
126
9,378
5,616
307,600
30,000
68,000
373
3,926
*1,661
+ attendants.
* Cases under Sec. 24 of the Lunacy Act not included as no
provision was made when this Institution was orip-inallv built.

SUMMARY OF NUMBER OF BEDS, ALSO MEDICAL STAFF AND NURSING STAFF, IN RELATION TO TOTAL POPULATION AS REGARDS INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND ORDINARY SICKNESS AND ACCIDENTS.

Name of Institution.Men.Women.Children..Medical Staff. NursingStaff
Plaistow Fever Hospital707070374
Children's Hospital, Harold Wood--116 from Plaistow Hospital19
Dagenham Sanatorium8048226
Langdon Hills Sanatoriun for Childrenn_40 from Dagenham Sanatorium10
Whipps Cross Hospital3213081127, and 8 Consultants191
Central Home4105644 from Forest Gate Hospital145
Forest House396— from Central Home12+
'Forest Gate Hospital1333021183118
Margate Convalescent Home110 1 part time11
Queen Mary's Hospital60Ill457105
Plaistow Maternity Charity60— Visiting staff55
Fyfield Open-air School140 1 part time2
Albert Dock Hospital53— 3, and 8 Consultants20
St. Mary's Hospital3'i40 2 R.M.O.'s and 1439
Balaam Street HospitalConsultants 28 8 part time13
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