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Ilford 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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(g) Acute Influenzal and Acute Primary Pneumonia.—69 cases
were notified (of which 7 were in institutions) in 1935, compared
with 159 in 1934; 152 in 1933; 126 in 1932; 107 in 1931; 69 in
1930; 146 in 1929; 92 in 1928; 139 in 1927; 73 in 1926; 103 in
1925.
The following is a statement of the number of cases of acute influenzal pneumonia and acute primary pneumonia notified during 1935, together with the number of deaths of notified cases, compared with the year 1934 :-
| Acute Inf. Pneumonia. | Acute Primary Pneumoi. a. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1935 .. 1934 .. | 28 38 | 6 14 | 41 121 | 14 44 | 69 159 | 20 58 |
(h) Encephalitis Lethargica.—No cases of this disease were
notified during the year.
(i) Acute Poliomyelitis.—1 case was notified during 1935—a
male child aged 22 months.
(j) Puerperal Fever.—5 cases were notified during the year;
2 were treated at the Isolation Hospital, 1 at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, 1 at Oldchurch Hospital, and 1 at the London Hospital.
All were residents of Ilford.
Of the 5 cases notified in Ilford, 1 died at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital from septicaemia and septic endometritis.
(k) Puerperal Pyrexia.—16 cases were notified, 6 being removed
to the Isolation Hospital; 3 to Oldchurch Hospital, Romford; 1 to
King George Hospital; 1 to Queen Charlotte's Isolation Hospital,
Hammersmith—this case proved fatal from general sepsis and
peritonitis; 1 was nursed at the Maternity Home; 1 at the Royal
Free Hospital (where the patient had been confined); 1 at the
Mothers' Hospital, Clapton (where the patient had been confined);
1 at a private nursing home, and 1 at home.