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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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of the death of patients were issued, stating that bodies should not
be removed from hospital except for the purpose of being buried
forthwith.
4. Venereal Diseases .—In the following table are classified the deaths notified as due to (1) Syphilis; (2) Locomotor Ataxy and 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 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65-75 | 75-85 | 85 up | |||
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Locomotor Ataxy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| General Paralysis of Insane | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 19 | |
| Aortic Aneurysm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
The deaths in Institutions of Ilford non-residents occurred
chiefly at Claybury Mental Hospital and West Ham Mental
Hospital; 10.3 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 of Ophthalmia
Neonatorum 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 cases; 1928, 4 cases; 1929, 6 cases; 1930,
5 cases; 1931, 11 cases; 1932, 11 cases; 1933, 14 cases; 1934, 16
cases; 1935, 11 cases; 1936, 9 cases. It is to be remembered that