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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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One case sustained a slight nebula of the left eye, and with this exception all the children recovered without impairment of vision.
| Cases. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired | Total Blindness | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| 11 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | — |
(g) Acute Influenzal and Acute Primary Pneumonia.—107
cases were notified (of which 11 were in institutions) in 1931,
compared with 69 in 1930; 146 in 1929; 92 in 1928; 139 in 1927;
73 in 1926: and 103 in 1925.
The following is a statement of the number of cases of acute influenzal pneumonia and acute primary pneumonia notified during 1931, together with the number of deaths of notified cases, com pared with the year 1930:—
| Acute Inf. Pneumonia. | Acute Primary Pneumonia. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1931 | 36 | 16 | 71 | 16 | 107 | 32 |
| 1930 | 10 | 2 | 59 | 10 | 69 | 12 |
(h) Encephalitis Lethargica.—One case was notified during
1931, a female, aged 38 years. The patient was nursed at home,
and died. The cause of death was given as encephalitis, rheumatic
origin.
(i) Plague.—No contacts of cases of this disease were received
during the year.