[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham].

  • West Ham (London, England). County Borough.
Date:
[1948?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GATE CASES. The number of patients suspected to be suffering from an infectious disease who were brought to the hospital for diagnosis was 945. Of these, 229 were referred by medical practitioners and 716 were brought direct by relatives. The number of these admitted to the hospital was 125. A total of 1,666 swabs from nose and throat were examined for medical practitioners and other institutions for the presence of diphtheria bacilli. Of these, 31 were found to be positive. GENERAL MEDICAL CASES. As a result of the marked decline in the prevalence of the common infectious diseases, a number of wards in the hospital were unoccupied, and in this connection an arrangement was made between the West Ham Corporation and the Management Committee of Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, whereby four of the empty wards were made available for the accommodation of adult medical cases, admitted through Queen Mary's Hospital. The cases remained under the clinical care of the Medical Staff of Queen Mary's Hospital and the general administrative control was vested in the Medical Superintendent. The first two wards were opened on the 29th May, 1947, and on the opening of the other two wards later, accommodation was provided for 68 adult patients. RETURN OF ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGES AND DEATHS FOR 1947 Disease In Hosp. 31.12.46 Admitted since Discharged Died In Hosp. 31.12.47 Scarlet Fever 28 311 301 - 38 Diphtheria 9 36 29 2 14 Measles 2 100 99 8 — Whooping Cough 2 72 62 12 — Pneumonia 7 42 43 3 3 Gastro-enteritis 5 107 77 26 9 Erysipelas 1 13 13 1 — Typhoid Fever — 4 4 — — Meningitis — 15 11 4 — Anterior Poliomyelitis — 10 10 — — Mumps 1 8 8 — 1 Chicken Pox — 19 16 — 3 Laryngitis 1 18 18 — 1 Bronchitis 1 12 13 — — Tonsillitis 3 98 97 — 4 Scabies 4 10 14 — - Herpes Zoster — 1 1 — — Impetigo 2 6 8 — — Rubella — 24 24 — - Influenza — 4 4 - - Otitis Media — 3 3 - - Toxic Rash — 2 2 - - Puerperal Pyrexia — 4 3 — 1 Tinea Capitis — 3 2 — 1 16