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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Number of Patients admitted into Plaistow Hospital
from April 1st, 1902 to March 31st, 1908.
Year ending March, 1902-3.
Scarlet Fever 284
Diphtheria 455
Typhoid Fever 139
Mixed Cases —
Total 878
Average number of days in Hospital per Patient, 48.
Year ending March, 1903-4.
Scarlet Fever 368
Diphtheria 323
Typhoid Fever 81
Mixed Cases 56
Total 828
Average number of days in Hospital per Patient, 48.
Year ending March, 1904-5.
Scarlet Fever 762
Diphtheria 379
Typhoid Fever 91
Mixed Cases 108
Total 1,340
Average number of days in Hospital per Patient, 44.