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Ilford 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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General Paralysis of the Insane, which are certainly due to Syphilis; and (3) Aortic Aneurysm, which is very frequently caused by this disease.
| Ilford Residents. | Non-Residents in Institutions | Totals | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages | 0-1 | !-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65-75 | 75-85 | 85 up | |||
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | i | - | 1 | - | - | i | 3 | |
| Locomotor Ataxy | i | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | ||||||||
| General Paralysis of Insane | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 25 | 28 | |
| Aortic Aneurysm | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 9 | |
The deaths in Institutions of Ilford non-residents occurred
chiefly at Claybury Mental Hospital and West Ham Mental Hospital;
17.0 per cent, of the registered causes of death in these Institutions
fell under the above headings.
Many other patients died from incidental causes; the reason,
however, for their admission to the Mental Hospital was some
venereal infection.
The following figures show the number of cases notified since
notification of this disease was first enforced in 1914: —
1914, 8 cases; 1915, 6 cases; 1916, 6 cases; 1917, 5 cases;
1918, 9 cases; 1919, 9 cases; 1920, 10 cases; 1921, 7 cases;
1922, 9 cases; 1923, 9 cases; 1924, 4 cases; 1925, 3 cases; 1926,
3 cases; 1927, 2 eases; 1928, 4 cases; 1929, 6 cases; 1930, 5 cases;
19.31, 11 cases; 1932, 11 cases; 1933, 14 cases; 1934, 16 oases;
1935, 11 cases.
It is to be remembered that not all cases of ophthalmia neonatorum
are due to gonorrhoeal infection.
The diagnosis and treatment of Venereal Disease is carried
out as stated in 1932 Report.