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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| MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | ||
| Admitted | 856 | 5 | 10 | 981 | 9 | 5 | 7 | - | - | 1873 |
| Discharged | 849 | 6 | 11 | 944 | 7 | 5 | 7 | — | - | 1829 |
| Refused admission | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - |
| Admitted by means of :— | MEN | WOM EN | CHILDREN | |||||||
| Relieving Officer and District Med Officer | 75 | 123 | 1 | 199 | ||||||
| Gen Practitioner and Relieving Officer | 549 | 603 | 1 | 1153 | ||||||
| Gen Practitioner & DMO | - | - | — | |||||||
| MOH | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Otherwise | 36 | 24 | 2 | 62 | ||||||
| Transferred from other Institutions | 207 | 239 | 2 | 448 | ||||||
| Med Superintendent | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| No of infectious cases | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | ||||||
| Transferred to other Institutions | 146 | 244 | 5 | 395 | ||||||
| Deaths | 538 | 415 | - | 953 | ||||||
| Total No of sick cases in the Home on 28/12/35 | 389 | 453 | - | 842 | ||||||
| Total No of ablebodied in the Home on 28/12/35 | 360 | 319 | - | 679 | ||||||
| No of vacant beds on 28/12/35 | 134 | 46 | - | 180 | ||||||