London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | ||
| Admitted | 906 | 4 | 8 | 915 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1860 |
| Discharged | 883 | 5 | 7 | 873 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1794 |
| Refused admission | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Admitted by means of:— | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | |||||||
| Relieving Officer and District Med. Officer | 149 | 203 | 2 | 354 | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 483 | 526 | 1 | 1010 | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner & D.M.O | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| M.O.H. | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||
| Otherwise | 40 | 11 | 2 | 53 | ||||||
| Transferred from other Institutions | 246 | 186 | 6 | 438 | ||||||
| Med. Superintendent | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| No. of infectious cases and nature of infection | 7 | - | 13 | 20 | ||||||
| Transferred to other Institutions | 149 | 187 | 13 | 349 | ||||||
| Deaths | 534 | 470 | — | 1004 | ||||||
| Total No. of sick cases in the Home on 31/12/32 | 441 | 476 | 5 | 922 | ||||||
| Total No. of able-bodied in the Home on 31/12/33 | 487 | 344 | 5 | 836 | ||||||
| No. of vacant beds, if any, on 31/12/32 | 13 | 18 | — | 31 | ||||||