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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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For the adequate care of the sick the following is the required
| Medical Superintendent | 1 | ||
| Assistant Medical Officer | 1 | ||
| Steward | 1 | ||
| Matron | 1 | ||
| Assistant Matron | 1 | ||
| Female Servants | Cook | 1 | |
| Seamstress | 1 | ||
| Laundress | 1 | ||
| Servants | 34 | ||
| 37 | |||
| Male Servants | Engineer | 1 | |
| Gatekeeper at Main Entrance | 1 | ||
| Groom | 1 | ||
| Stable Boy | 1 | ||
| Porters | 3 | 7 | |
| Nurses | 'Night Superintendent | 1 | |
| Sisters | 6 | ||
| Nurses | 30 | ||
| Night Nurses | 15 | 52 | |
| Total (Resident) | 101 | ||
| Chaplain (Non-resident) | 1 | ||
| Gatekeeper for Disinfector Yard (Non-resident) | 1 | ||
| Total Staff | 103 | ||
Description of the Hospital.—The disposition of the
accommodation is as follows: Entering by a pair of wide iron gates
we find on the left
The Gatekeeper's Lodge.