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 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 641 | 19 | 18 | 467 | 26 | 4 | 1226 |
| Discharged | 4 | 30 | 29 | 628 | 25 | 15 | 490 | 14 | 4 | 1239 |
| Refused admission | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Admitted by means of:- | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | |||||||
| Relieving Officer and District Med. Officer | 4 | 156 | 5 | 165 | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Dis. Med. Officer | - | 144 | 1 | 145 | ||||||
| M.O.H. | — | 27 | 1 | 28 | ||||||
| Otherwise | 10 | 81 | 8 | 99 | ||||||
| Transferred from other Institutions | 44 | 146 | 35 | 225 | ||||||
| Med. Superintendent | 1 | 13 | 2 | 16 | ||||||
| No. of infectious cases | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Transferred to other Institutions | 40 | 79 | 42 | 170 | ||||||
| Deaths | 1 | 44 | 26 | 71 | ||||||
| Total No. of sick cases receiving treatment on 31/12/32 | 148 | 483 | 139 | 770 | ||||||
| Total No. of maternity patients in the Home | - | 47 | - | 47 | ||||||
| No. of vacant beds, if any, on 31/12/32 | — | 9 | — | 9 | ||||||