Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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WHIPPS CROSS HOSPITAL
MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | ||||||||
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Acute | Subacute | Chronic | Acute | Subacute | Chronic | Acute | Sub-acute | Chronic | |||
Admitted | 3540 | - | 52 | 3759 | — | 54 | 1659 | - | - | 9064 | |
Discharged | 2941 | — | 61 | 3280 | — | 75 | 1572 | - | — | 7919 | |
Seen as outpatients | 469 | — | 215 | 117 | - | 2 | 151 | — | - | 954 | |
Not admitted | 418 | — | 28 | 148 | — | 14 | 142 | - | - | 750 | |
Admitted by means of :— | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | ||||||||
Relieving Officer and District Med Officer | 265 | 360 | 273 | 898 | |||||||
Gen Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 2837 | 3060 | 1224 | 7121 | |||||||
MOH.......... | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||||||
Otherwise | 9 | 6 | 2 | 17 | |||||||
Transferred from other Institutions | 170 | 203 | 98 | 471 | |||||||
Police (not accidents) | 104 | 65 | 3 | 172 | |||||||
Accidents | 100 | 58 | 50 | 208 | |||||||
Med Superintendent | 110 | 51 | 26 | 187 | |||||||
No of infectious cases | 299 | 213 | 110 | 622 | |||||||
Transferred to other Institutions | 235 | 272 | 143 | 650 | |||||||
Deaths | 616 | 450 | ,118 | 1184 | |||||||
Total No being treated in hospital on 28/12/35 | 298 | 304 | 228 | 830 | |||||||
No of vacant beds | — | — | — | ||||||||
No of cases seen | Gynaecologist | 114 | No of cases allocated to :— | XRay: | |||||||
by Consultants | 3784 | Surgeon | 269 | West Ham | 1459 | ||||||
Ophthalmic | 40; | Neurologist | 178 | West Ham | 1997 | Essex | 1424 | ||||
Aural | 419 | Dentist | 288 | Essex | 1283 | East Ham | 552 | ||||
Light | 1780 | Urologist | 244 | East Ham | 504 |