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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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WHIPPS CROSS HOSPITAL.
(These figures are in respect of the period April-December, 1930, inclusive) .
| MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acuto | Sub-acute | Chronic | Acuto | Sub-acuto | Chronic | Acute | Sub-acute | Chronic | ||
| Admitted | 1869 | - | 80 | 1869 | - | 89 | 1031 | _ | 17 | 4961 |
| Discharged | 1581 | - | 67 | 1704 | - | 86 | 972 | - | 8 | 4418 |
| Seen as out-patients for after treatment | 270 | - | 70 | 31 | - | 2 | 14 | - | 2 | 389 |
| Not Admitted | 339 | - | 29 | 82 | - | 10 | 64 | - | — | 524 |
| Admitted by means of | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | 638 | ||||||
| Relieving Officer and District Med. Officer | 228 | 263 | 147 | |||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 1431 | 1484 | 771 | 3686 | ||||||
| M.O.H. | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | ||||||
| Otherwise | 5 | - | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Transferred from other institutions, | 88 | 103 | 101 | 287 | ||||||
| Police (not accidents) | 50 | 28 | __ | 78 | ||||||
| Accidents | 115 | 53 | 40 | 208 | ||||||
| Med. Superintendent | 34 | 18 | 5 | 57 | ||||||
| No. of infectious cases | 109 | 124 | 58 | 291 | ||||||
| Transferred to other institutions | 142 | 154 | 130 | 426 | ||||||
| Deaths | 327 | 204 | 93 | 624 | ||||||
| Total No. being treated in Hospital on 31/12/30 | 321 | 256 | 213 | 790 | ||||||
No. of cases seen Gynaecologist 23 No. of cases allocated to: X-ray
by Consultants 1489 Surgeon 127 West Ham 712 West Ham 616
Ophthalmic 78 Neurologist 181 Essex 569 Essex 697
Aural 242 Dentist 167 East Ham 208 East Ham 182
Light 572 Urologist 99
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