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Ilford 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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It will be seen that on the whole Ilford is fairly comparable with the country in general:—
| Defects. | Board of Education Average. | IIford. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence-Rate per 1000. | Incidence-Rate per 1000. | |||
| 1927. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | |
| *Defects of Vision | 90.3 | 77.0 | 68.1 | 74.6 |
| Squint | 9.1 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| Other Eye Diseases | 8.9 | 9.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| Defects of Hearing | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| Otitis Media | 5.9 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 60.9 | 91.0 | 60.8 | 66.8 |
| Other Throat and Nose Defects | 6.4 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis: | ||||
| (a) Definite | .4 | — | - | — |
| (b) Suspected | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | .9 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1.1 | .4 | .5 | .5 |
| Deformities | 8.1 | 12.5 | 5.2 | 10.1 |
| Nervous Diseases | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
* In calculating this figure the entrants have been left out of account.
The operative treatment of enlarged tonsils and adenoids at
Queen Mary's Hospital continues to be satisfactory, 248 cases having
been dealt with in 1928.
Negotiations have been in progress during the year for the
operative treatment of enlarged tonsils and adenoids at the Ilford
Emergency Hospital. Nose and Throat Specialists have been
appointed for the purpose by the Hospital Authorities, and the
latter have also agreed to retain children in the hospital overnight,
where, owing to home conditions, or for other reasons, the Medical
Officer considers it desirable. This will prevent a considerable
number of Ilford children being sent home after these operations
have been performed, from Hospitals which are far removed, and
will enable children to be retained in Hospital, where, in many
cases at the present time, this is impossible, although very necessary.
The number of verminous children discovered is still very
satisfactory, the percentage of such children having been reduced
from 10.7, in 1919, to 2.8 last year.