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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 VIII.
Work of the District Medical Officers.
| Number of: | Men | Women | Children |
|---|---|---|---|
| New cases seen | 1,216 | 2,939 | 2,851 |
| Total number of cases seen | 5,337 | 16,402 | 6,835 |
| No. referred by Relief Sub-Committee | 497 | 390 | 312 |
| Attendances at surgery | 5,351 | 15,185 | 5,436 |
| Sent to institutions: | |||
| Voluntary hospitals | 9 | 15 | 7 |
| Whipps Cross Hospital | 112 | 163 | 105 |
| Mental hospitals | 1 | 3 | — |
| Otherwise | 2 | — | 3 |
| Central Home | 67 | 92 | 20 |
| Forest House | — | 2 | — |
| Forest Gate Hospital | — | 5 | — |
| Aldersbrook Homes | — | — | — |
| Plaistow Hospital | 1 | 2 | 86 |
| Discharged as no longer in need of treatment | 668 | 1,318 | 1,504 |
| New cases seen at domiciliary visit | 399 | 1,141 | 1,159 |
| Fresh cases transferred from: | |||
| (a) institutions | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| (b) general practitioners | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Total number of domiciliary-visits paid | 1,538 | 5,714 | 2,656 |
| Visits paid by district nurses | 183 | 5,015 | 1,930 |
| Deaths | 20 | 61 | 7 |
| Total number on register as receiving treatment from | |||
| D.M. Officers on 1/1/38 | 234 | 1,009 | 371 |
The number of prescriptions made up during- the year was
4°>435 (7)353 for men, 26,162 for women, 6,920 for children).
Mortuary accommodation. There are two mortuaries in
the borough—at Stratford and in Canning Town respectively.
Particulars of the bodies received into the mortuaries are
given in Table IX.
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