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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table XX.
Harold Wood Hospital.
Classification by disease groups of patients discharged from or dying in the hospital during 1937.
| Men. | Women. | Children. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discharged. | Died. | Discharged. | Died. | Discharged. | Died. | Dia-charged. | Died. | |
| 1. Infectious diseases | — | — | - | — | 197 | — | 197 | — |
| 2. Cancer and other tumours | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | — | — | 3 |
| 3. Diseases of circulatory system | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | — | — | 7 | 14 |
| 4. Diseases of the respiratory system excluding tuberculosis | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | 3 | 6 |
| 5. Pulmonary tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| 6. Diseases of digestive system | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 7. Diseases of nervous system and sense organs | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 8. Diseases of skin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Rheumatic diseases, acute and chronic | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Diseases of nutrition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 12. Diseases of genitourinary system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13. Non-tuberculous disease of bones | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14. Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15. Diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16. Diabetes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17. Old age, senility and senile decay | 3 | 4 | — | 6 | — | — | 3 | 10 |
| 18. Congenital malformations | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 19. Diseases of early infancy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20. Violence | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21. Ill-defined causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22. Convalescence | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23. To other institutions | 17 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 21 | — |
| Totals | 31 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 197 | 1 | 234 | 40 |