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West Ham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Table VII.Provision of general hospital beds for West Ham residents: 1937.

Table VII.

Provision of general hospital beds for West Ham residents: 1937.

Hospital.Total number of beds.Total admissions during 1937.Total admissions of West Ham residents in 1937.General hospital beds available for residents.
Individual hospitals.Total
Municipal:
Whipps Cross800—400
Central Home1,000500
Forest Gate659330
Harold Wood1601601,390
Voluntary:
Queen Mary's1663,5281,51971
St. Mary's711,3821,00652
Albert Dock4774919212
Children's361,03074220
(Balaam Street)155
1,545

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This total gives an allowance of 5.95 general hospital beds
available per 1,000 of the population of the county borough. It
should be noted that the discrepancy between the numbers of beds
in columns 2 and 5 in respect of the municipal hospitals is due to
a user agreement with the County of Essex and the County
Borough of East Ham. This arrangement is referred to in a later
section.
Institutional provision for unmarried mothers and
children. Arrangements exist whereby the unmarried mother is
admitted to Forest Gate Hospital for her confinement, and she is
allowed to remain there for twelve months to nurse her child. After
this the mother is admitted to the Central Home and the child to
the Aldersbrook Children's Home. In addition, practically all the
facilities provided under the maternity and child welfare scheme
are available equally for married and unmarried mothers, and the
many social services in Greater London for the care of the
unmarried mother and her child are utilised frequently by patients
from this borough.
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