Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Statistical Analysis.
Total new eases examined during the year: | 555 | |
School Children | 478 | |
Maternity & Child Welfare | 77 | |
Number of attendances: | 1,987 | |
School Children | 1,813 | |
Maternity & Child Welfare | 174 | |
Referred forTs. and As. operations: | 210 | |
School Children | 182 | |
Maternity & Child Welfare | 28 | |
Referred for other Operations (School Children): | 6 | |
Number Discharged: | 584 | |
School Children | 511 | |
Maternity & Child Welfare | 73 |
ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS. The Authority's arrangement with the Children's
Hospital, Balaam Street, Plaistow, for the treatment of children suffering from
orthopaedic defects was continued during the year and remained unaltered by the operation
of the National Health Service. in 1949 the number of children treated as out-patients
was 304 with a total attendance of 3,038 and, in addition, 14 children were treated as
in-patientso In addition, 13 children were under maintenance at orthopaedic hospital
schools approved by the Ministry of Education.
The provision of surgical appliances became the responsibility of the Hospital
Service after the "appointed day",
The following analysis separates the true organic heart defects from the less serious defects -
Requiring Treatment | Requiring Observation | |
---|---|---|
Organic heart cases | 44 | 52 |
Functional conditions | 20 | 19 |
Anaemia | 108 | 14 |