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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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FOREST GATE HOSPITAL.
| MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | ||
| Admitted and Born | 3 | 21 | 28 | 730 | 20 | 20 | 515 | 27 | 7 | 1371 |
| Discharged and Dead | 2 | 24 | 19 | 742 | 21 | 19 | 518 | 25 | 5 | 1375 |
| Refused admission | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Admitted by means of:— | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | |||||||
| Relieving Officer and District Med. Officer | 2 | 124 | 8 | 134 | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 2 | 78 | 4 | 84 | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Dis. .Med. Officer | 2 | 149 | 5 | 156 | ||||||
| M.O.H | – | 36 | 3 | 39 | ||||||
| Otherwise | 2 | 157 | 27 | 186 | ||||||
| Transferred from other Institutions | 38 | 166 | 43 | 247 | ||||||
| Med. Superintendent | – | 45 | 3 | 48 | ||||||
| No. of infectious cases | – | – | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Transferred to other Institutions | 31 | 119 | 57 | 197 | ||||||
| Deaths | 1 | 63 | 25 | 89 | ||||||
| Total No. of sick cases receiving treatment on 80/12/33 | 135 | 464 | 84 | 683 | ||||||
| Total No. of maternity patients in the Home | – | 39 | – | 39 | ||||||
| No. of vacant beds, if any on 30/12/33 | – | 30 | – | 30 | ||||||