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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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WHIPPS CROSS HOSPITAL.
| MEN | WOMEN | C11II.DKEN | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute | Sub-acute | Ch ronic | Acute | Su b-acutc | Chronic | Acute | Su b-acute | Chronic | ||
| Admitted | 3271 | — | 57 | 3348 | — | 38 | 2010 | — | 9 | 8733 |
| Discharged | 2647 | — | 63 | 2951 | — | 53 | 1793 | — | 5 | 7512 |
| Seen as out-patients | 355 | — | 158 | 82 | — | 1 | 30 | — | — | 626 |
| Not Admitted | 375 | — | 44 | 134 | — | 28 | 128 | — | 4 | 713 |
| Admitted by means of Relieving Officer and District Med. Officer | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | 881 | ||||||
| 285 | 294 | 302 | ||||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 2572 | 2780 | 1451 | 6803 | ||||||
| M.O.H. | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Otherwise | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | ||||||
| Transferred from other institutions, | 166 | 187 | 182 | 535 | ||||||
| Police (not accidents) | 68 | 46 | 9 | 123 | ||||||
| Accidents | 159 | 78 | 56 | 293 | ||||||
| Med. Superintendent | 34 | 14 | 6 | 54 | ||||||
| No. of infectious cases | 294 | 239 | 133 | 666 | ||||||
| Transferred to other institutions | 221 | 224 | 236 | 681 | ||||||
| Deaths | 622 | 439 | 213 | 1274 | ||||||
| Total No. being treated in Hospital on 2/1/32 | 320 | 266 | 249 | 835 | ||||||
No. of cases seen
by Consultants 3050
Ophthalmic 296
Aural 504
Light 1008
Gynaecologist 20
Surgeon 215
Neurologist 228
Dentist 400
Urologist 177
No. of cases allocated to:
West Ham 1713
Essex 945
East Ham 394
X-ray
West Ham 1175
Essex 1157
East Ham 356