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Ilford 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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In 1940, under the arrangements mentioned in the 1935 Report, 11 private
doctors were supplied with prophylactic for the immunisation of 37 children
(29 under 5 years and 8 over 5 years of age). The following is a brief
summary:—
1939 Cases:
Final Schick Test in 1940:—
Negative 9
Positive and re-inoculated -
Positive and not re-inoculated (left district) —
No final Schick Test, left district, etc. 5
1940 Cases:
Numbers inoculated (full course) by medical practitioners ... 37
Final Schick Test—Negative 17
Positive and re-inoculated —
No final Schick Test, left district, etc. 5
Forms not yet returned 3
To be Schick Tested in 1941 12
(d) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—6 cases were notified during 1940.
Of the 6 cases notified, 5 were treated at home by private medical practitioners, and 1 was treated as an out-patient at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital.
| Cases | Vision Unimpaired | Vision Impaired | Total Blindness | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | Treated | |||||
| At Home | In Hospital | |||||
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
(e) Enteric Fever.—28 cases of enteric fever were notified, 24 being due to
infection by B. Para-typhosus B. (of which 20 were admitted to the Ilford
Isolation Hospital, 2 to King George Hospital, 1 to the L.C.C. Infectious
Hospital, Hampstead, and 1 to the Emergency Hospital, Wanstead), and 4 to
infection by B. Typhosus, all being inmates of the Claybury Mental Hospital.
In none of the cases was it possible to find the source of infection, although
extensive investigations were made. The cases occurring at Claybury Mental
Hospital were probably infected by "carriers."
One case of Typhoid Fever died at Severalls Mental Hospital, Colchester.