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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Dr. Barnardo's Girls, Village Homes:—
| Scarlet Fever | 17 |
| Diphtheria | 12 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 1 |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 2 |
| Non Pulmonary | 1 |
| 34 | |
| Ilford Council Maternity Home:— | |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 3* |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 27 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 |
| 35 | |
| West Ham Mental Hospital:— | |
| Pneumonia | 1 |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 16 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| 18 | |
| King George Hospital:— | |
| Diphtheria | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 3 |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 1 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 |
| 13 | |
* 2 admitted to Isolation Hospital, 1 discharged and treated at own home.
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 | 81.6 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 96.3 |
| Enteric Fever | 94.1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 80.0 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 88.8 |
| Pneumonia | 49.2 |