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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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FOREST HOUSE.
| MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sic | Mental | Epileptic | Chronic Sick | Mental | Epileptic | ||
| Admitted | 1 | 13 | 34 | - | - | — | - | — | — | 48 |
| Discharged | 8 | 8 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 45 |
| Refused admission | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - |
| Admitted by means of:— | MEN | WOMEN | CHILDREN | |||||||
| Relieving Officer and District Med. Officer | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Relieving Officer | - | - | - | — | ||||||
| Gen. Practitioner and Dis. Med. Officer | _- | - | - | — | ||||||
| M.O.H | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Otherwise | - | - | — | - | ||||||
| Transferred from other Institutions | 70 | 35 | - | 105 | ||||||
| No. of infectious cases | — | — | - | - | ||||||
| Transferred to other Institutions | 09 | 28 | - | 127 | ||||||
| Deaths | — | — | - | - | ||||||
| Total No. of sick cases in the Home on 2/1/37 | 73 | - | - | 73 | ||||||
| Total No. of Aged and Infirm on 2/1/37 | 129 | 66 | - | 195 | ||||||
| No. of vacant beds or 2/1/37 | 3 | — | - | 3 | ||||||