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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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FOREST GATE HOSPITAL.
(These figures are in respect of the period September—December, 1930, inclusive) .
| MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clironic Sick | Mintal | Epileptic | Chronic Sick Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick Mental | Epileptic | ||||
| Admitted | — | 8 | 9 | — | 1 | 5 | — | 14 | 2 | 40 |
| Discharged | — | 0 | 6 | — | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 26 |
| Refused Admission | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Admitted by means of | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | |||||||
| Relieving Officer and District Med. Officer | 1 | 44 | l | 46 | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 1 | 17 | _ | 18 | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and District Med. Officer | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||||
| M.O.H. | 1 | 46 | 4 | 51 | ||||||
| Otherwise | 4 | 35 | . 3 | 42 | ||||||
| Transferred from other institutions | 14 | 28 | 20 | 62 | ||||||
| Med. Superintendent | — | — | — | - | ||||||
| No. of infectious cases | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Transferred to other institutions | 14 | 33 | 23 | 70 | ||||||
| Deaths | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | ||||||
| Total No. of sick cases receiving treatment on 31/12/30 | 127 | 302 | 118 | 547 | ||||||
| Total No. of maternity patients being treated in the Home on 31/12/30 | — | 40 | — | 40 | ||||||