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West Ham 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Sanatorium Treatment not recommended—nervous type.

31/10/32 weight 116 lbs.5/ 2/34 weight 131 lbs.
6/ 2/33 „ 122½lbs.reported *
14/ 8/33 ,, 130 lbs.19/12/34 „ 132 lbs.
4/12/33 „ 142 lbs.26/ 6/35 ,, 132 lbs.
26/ 2/36 „ 120 lbs.

During more than 2½ years this patient had gained 161bs. in
weight. On her last visit she had lost considerably—she had had
great worry. Her Mother has Cancer, and the patient has been
nursing her for a period of three months until she had to give up
and allow her Mother to go to Hospital. Her younger boy has
acute Rheumatism, and has been confined to bed.

Sanatorium Treatment not advisable as the patient is of the nervous type.

10/10/33 weight 111 lbs./10/34 weight 122 lbs.
8/11/33 ,, 107 lbs./ 3/35 „ 120 lbs.
6/12/33 ,, 116 lbs./ 7/35 „ 115 lbs.
26/ 3/34 „ 122¾ lbs.

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Case No. 2 (03632) Housewife, age 28 years. Notified in
November, 1932, sputum positive. Has been under treatment for
three and a half years. No grant of Nourishment.
* Had given birth to a healthy boy and was feeding him.
Case No. 3. Housewife, aged 29 years. Notified in October,
1933, as a case of Tuberculosis of Lung. X-Ray evidence, sputum
test negative, work—Street Trader.
The patient has since been an absentee, but the Visiting Nurse
reported in January, 1936, that she was keeping well and working.

Extra Nourishment granted.

/ 1/35 weight 119 lbs./ 1/36 weight 131 lbs.
/ 7/35 „ 126 lbs.

This patient has gained 211bs. in 18 months, and is now
doing light work—one half-day per week, daily domestic.
Sanatorium
Treatment not recommended—nervous type.
31/10/32 weight 116 lbs.
5/ 2/34 weight 131 lbs.
6/ 2/33 „ 122½lbs.
reported *
14/ 8/33 ,, 130 lbs.
19/12/34 „ 132 lbs.
4/12/33 „ 142 lbs.
26/ 6/35 ,, 132 lbs.
Sanatorium Treatment not
advisable as the patient is of the nervous type.
10/10/33 weight 111 lbs.
/10/34 weight 122 lbs.
8/11/33 ,, 107 lbs.
/ 3/35 „ 120 lbs.
6/12/33 ,, 116 lbs.
/ 7/35 „ 115 lbs.
Extra Nourishment granted.
/ 1/35 weight 119 lbs.
/ 1/36 weight 131 lbs.
/ 7/35 „ 126 lbs.