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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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. Nursing | Staff |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaistow Fever Hospital | 70 | 70 | 70 | 3 | 74 |
Children's Hospital, Harold Wood | - | - | 116 from Plaistow Hospital | 19 | |
Dagenham Sanatorium | 80 | 48 | 2 | 26 | |
Langdon Hills Sanatoriun for Children | n | _ | 40 from Dagenham Sanatorium | 10 | |
Whipps Cross Hospital | 321 | 308 | 112 | 7, and 8 Consultants | 191 |
Central Home | 410 | 564 | 4 from Forest Gate Hospital | 145 | |
Forest House | 396 | — | — from Central Home | 12+ | |
'Forest Gate Hospital | 133 | 302 | 118 | 3 | 118 |
Margate Convalescent Home | — | — | 110 1 part time | 11 | |
Queen Mary's Hospital | 60 | Ill | 45 | 7 | 105 |
Plaistow Maternity Charity | — | 60 | — Visiting staff | 55 | |
Fyfield Open-air School | — | — | 140 1 part time | 2 | |
Albert Dock Hospital | 53 | — | — 3, and 8 Consultants | 20 | |
St. Mary's Hospital | — | 3'i | 40 2 R.M.O.'s and 14 | 39 | |
Balaam Street Hospital | — | Consultants 28 8 part time | 13 | ||
1524 | 1494 | 823 | 67 | 840 |