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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Name of Institution. | Total Number of Inmates, including Officers. | Number of Special Inmates, such as Paupers, Patients, &c. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons | Males. | Females. | |
West Ham Hospital | 36 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 7 |
Plaistow Fever Hospital | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | |
West Ham Small-pox Hospital | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — |
Cottage Small-pox Hospital | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Seamen's Hospital | 15 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | — |
Forest Gate Industrial School (Poplar Union). | 586 | 300 | 286 | 536 | 290 | 246 |
Persons enumerated on board Sea-going Vessels and in Inland Barges in Harbours,
Rivers, Creeks, and Canals.
Registration District. | Number of Sea-going Vessels. | Number of Inland Barges. | Persons. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
On board Sea-going Vessels. | On board Inland Barges. | TOTAL | |||||
British. | Foreign or Colonial. | ||||||
British. | Foreign or Colonial. | ||||||
StratforD | — | - | 9 | — | — | 18 | 18 |
Canning Town | 66 | 1 | 38 | 544 | 4 | 117 | 665 |