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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 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table: Table II shows the number of cases of infectious diseases notified during 1935, arranged according to age and distribution in wards. Of these 131 were notified from institutions as follows:- Clavbury Mental Hospital:-

Table II shows the number of cases of infectious diseases notified during 1935, arranged according to age and distribution in wards. Of these 131 were notified from institutions as follows:- Clavbury Mental Hospital:-

Pneumonia2
Enteric Fever9
Erysipelas11
Tuberculosis-Pulmonary1
Dysentery27
0
Dr. Barnardo's Girls' Village Homes:-
Scarlet Fever25
Diphtheria15
Tuberculosis-Pulmonary1
41
Ilford Council Maternity Home:-
Pemphigus Neonatorum1*
Puerperal Pyrexia2
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3
Tuberculosis-Pulmonary1
West Ham Mental Hospital:-
Pneumonia1
Tuberculosis-Pulmonary11
Erysipelas2
Dysentery1
15
King George Hospital:-
Diphtheria5
Scarlet Fever1
Pneumonia4
Tuberculosis-Non-Pulmonary ..3
Enteric Fever1
Acute Poliomyelitis1
Dysentery1
Acute Rheumatism2
18
* Discharged and treated at own home.

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Of the cases notified, the following table shows the percentage
treated in institutions, including those who were treated in the
institutions from which they were notified:—
Scarlet Fever 83.2
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 97.8
Enteric Fever 93.7
Puerperal Fever 100.0
Puerperal Pyrexia 75.0
Pneumonia 53.6