London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Ilford 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Ilford Isolation Hospital and Sanatorium (not
Ilford resident) 1
Tuberculosis (all other forms) for the district proper
including 1 in the Girls' Village Homes, 1 at the
Isolation Hospital, and 4 at the Emergency Hospital
16
Claybury Mental Hospital -
West Ham Mental Hospital -
Ilford Isolation Hospital (not Ilford resident) 1
Of the 97 deaths which Occurred of Ilford residents, notification
had previously been received of 76 of the cases, and 5 were
notified at or immediately after death. Of the remainder there
were six deaths at various institutions of cases from Dr. Barnardo's
Homes, probably notified elsewhere; two at West Ham Mental
Hospital; one at the Royal National Sanatorium, Ventnor, which
had been notified to another district; one was the subject of an
inquest, while six were not notified by medical practitioners who
were under the impression that they had already been notified.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925.—No action has been taken under these regulations as
regards persons employed in the milk trade.
Public Health Act, 1925, Section 62.—No action has
been taken dealing with the compulsory removal of infectious persons
to hospital or other institutions.