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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
Ilford 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following "return" cases have occurred during the past six years, a "return" case being one which arises within 28 days of the freedom of the primary case from isolation:-
| Year. | Cases notified (excluding Institutions). | Admitted to Isolation Hospital. | "Return" Hospital Cases. | Per Cent. | Home Cases. | Cases arising in same house. | Per Cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 141 | 111 | 1 | .9 | 30 | 3 | 10.0 |
| 1926 | 165 | 143 | 2 | 1.3 | 22 | - | - |
| 1927 | 380 | 301 | 6 | 2.0 | 81 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 1928 | 498 | 337 | 11 | 3.2 | 161 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 1929 | 466 | 294 | 7 | 2.3 | 172 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 1930 | 283 | 189 | 3 | 1.5 | 94 | 2 | 2.1 |
On the 22nd and 23rd December two cases of Scarlet Fever
occurred at King George Hospital and were removed to the Isolation
Hospital. On my advice the ward contacts and nursing staff
were swabbed for hemolytic streptococci, and the ward placed in
quarantine. Two patients and two of the nursing staff were
subsequently removed to the Isolation Hospital as "carriers," and
one of the nursing staff, also a " carrier," was isolated at her home
address. Owing to the measures adopted, no further cases occurred
at King George Hospital.
(c) Diphtheria.—330 cases were notified in 1930 as compared
with 305 in 1929; 260 in 1928; 187 in 1927; 148 in 1926; 56 in
1925. Of the 330 cases, 6 were notified from the Girls' Village
Homes, Barkingside, 2 from King George Hospital, and 1 from
West Ham Mental Hospital.
The Schick Testing and Immunising of children has been
continued, and the following table shows the number Schick Tested
and Immunised at the Diphtheria Clinic held at the Public Health
Offices, and at Becontree, Goodmayes and St. Vincent's Schools:—