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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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Local Government Act, 1929. The Council has not yet
availed itself fully of the powers which were conferred upon it by
the Local Government Act, 1929. In 1931 Whipps Cross Hospital,
Forest Gate Hospital, and the Central Home were transferred
from the West Ham Board of Guardians, and the two hospitals
and the hospital section of the Central Home were placed under
the administrative supervision of the Medical Officer of Health.
These institutions still remain under the control of the Public
Assistance Committee, and although considerable development has
taken place in the quality of the treatment, the mechanism of
admission to these hospitals is still essentially that of the Poor
Law.
Public Assistance domiciliary medical service. In 1930
the Medical Officer of Health was made responsible for the work
of the district medical officers, two of whom are whole-time and

Table: five part-time officers. The names and surgery addresses of these officers are given below.

five part-time officers. The names and surgery addresses of these officers are given below.

District Medical Officer.Situation of Surgery.
*Dr. T. L. DolanNorth West Ham Relief Station, 82 West Ham Lane, Stratford, E.15.
*Dr. J. P. RobinsonSouth West Ham Relief Station, Cumberland Road, Plaistow, E.13.
Dr. P. G. S. Kennedy113 Balaam Street, Plaistow, E.13.
Dr. J. F. Begley184 Barking Road, Canning Town, E.16.
Dr. R. V. Brews10 High Street, North Woolwich, E.16.
Dr. J. J. McSharry24 Freemasons Road, Custom House, E.16.
Dr. M. J. Murphy60 Leytonstone Road, Stratford, E.15.

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Those officers whose names are preceded by an asterisk are
whole-time. In the Appendix a full list of the districts of these
medical officers is given.
The work of the district medical officers during the year
1937 is shown in Table VIII
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