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 1935
[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 | 1 | 17 | 37 | 828 | 21 | 25 | 635 | 28 | 7 | 1599 |
| Discharged | 1 | 19 | 30 | 826 | 30 | 22 | 638 | 17 | 11 | 1594 |
| Admitted by means of :— | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | |||||||
| relieving Officer and District Med Officer | 3 | 46 | 1 | 50 | ||||||
| Gen Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 3 | 39 | 7 | 49 | ||||||
| Relieving Officers | - | 328 | 7 | 335 | ||||||
| MOH and Relieving Officers | - | 137 | 137 | |||||||
| Otherwise | 1 | 9 | 8 | 18 | ||||||
| Transferred from other Institutions | 43 | 147 | 30 | 220 | ||||||
| Med Superintendent | 4 | 177 | 5 | 186 | ||||||
| No of infectious cases | - | - | - | |||||||
| Transferred to other Institutions | 38 | 57 | 23 | 118 | ||||||
| Deaths | - | 73 | 20 | 93 | ||||||
| Total No of sick cases in the Home on 28/12/35 | 14,1 | 473 | 110 | 732 | ||||||
| Total No of maternity patients in the Home | 42 | 28 | 70 | |||||||
| No of vacant beds or 28/12/35 | 1 | 28 | Cots in Maternity Wards and Mothers' Nursery | 29 + Cots | ||||||