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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Total | |
| Admitted | 17 | 23 | 757 | 28 | 24 | 592 | 22 | 3 | 1467 | |
| Discharged and Dead | — | 25 | 19 | 766 | 31 | 19 | 598 | 15 | 5 | 1478 |
| Refused admission | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Admitted by means of:— | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | |||||||
| relieving Officer and District Med. Officer | 71 | - | 72 | |||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 4 | 48 | 2 | 54 | ||||||
| Relieving Officers | — | 320 | 4 | 324 | ||||||
| M.O.H. and Relieving Officers | _ | 65 | 3 | 68 | ||||||
| Otherwise | 6 | 22 | 9 | 37 | ||||||
| Transferred from other Institutions | 28 | 129 | 20 | 177 | ||||||
| Med. Superintendent | 3 | 156 | 16 | 175 | ||||||
| No. of infectious cases | — | 2 | 10 | 12 | ||||||
| Transferred to other Institutions | 34 | 63 | 34 | 13.1 | ||||||
| Deaths | 1 | 72 | 25 | 98 | ||||||
| Total No. of sick cases receiving treatment on 29/12/34 | 143 | 460 | 112 | 715 | ||||||
| Total No. of maternity patients in the Home | - | 43 | - | 43 | ||||||
| No. of vacant beds, if any, on 29/12/34 | 3 | 33 | Cots and Cribs for Maternity Ward Infants | 36 + cots | ||||||