[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

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The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:—

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The following Table shows the death-rates for 1944 for Ilford, compared with the provisional death-rates for England and Wales for the same period, per 1,000 population; the figures having been supplied by the Registrar-General:—

	Ilford	England and Wales

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TABLE I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District During 1944 and Previous Years.

Year	Gross Population, estimated to middle of each Year.	Net Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Uncorrected Number	Births		Total Deaths Registered in the District		Transferable Deaths		Net Deaths Belonging to the District
				Net (b)		Total Deaths Registered in the District		of Non-Residents registered in the District	of Residents not registered in the District	Under 1 Year of Age		At all Ages
				Number	Rate (c)	Number	Rate (d)			Under 1 Year of Age		At all Ages
				Number	Rate (c)	Number	Rate (d)			Number Rate per 1,000 Net Births		Number	Rate (e)
1	2	2 a	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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TABLE 1A Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1944 (Provisional figures).

	Rate per 1,000 Total Population		Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population								Rate per 1,000 Live Births
	Rate per 1,000 Total Population		All Causes	Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers	Smallpox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Whooping Cough	Diphtheria	Influenza	Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs.)	Total Deaths under 1 Year
	Live Births	Stillbirths	All Causes	Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers	Smallpox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Whooping Cough	Diphtheria	Influenza	Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs.)	Total Deaths under 1 Year

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TABLE II Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1944

Causes of Death	Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents," whether occurring within or without the District
Causes of Death	All Ages	Under 1 year	1 and under 2 years	2 and under 5 years	5 and under 15 years	15 and under 25 years	25 and under 35 years	35 and under 45 years	45 and under 55 years	55 and under 65 years	65 and under 75 years	75 years and upwards

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(ii) Drainage and Sewerage .—The Borough Engineer regrets that owing to shortage of staff he is unable to supply the usual information regarding (a) Drainage and Sewerage and (b) Closet Accommodation, but has kindly supplied me with the following statement as regards Refuse and Salvage Collection:—

Collection and Disposal of Refuse:—	Tons		Cwts.

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Complaints. —During the year, 1,610 complaints of nuisances have been received and investigated.

The following is a summary:—

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(iii) Sampling .—The routine practice of sampling was given in the 1938 Report, the following gives the results for 1944:—

Grade of milk or ice cream	Total	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Remarks

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The following medical examinations were carried out during 1944:—

	Officers	Teachers	Servants

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TABLE III—Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1944

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE	At all Ages	Number of Cases Notified At Ages—years							Total Cases Notified in each Ward									Total Cases Admitted to Hospital
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE	At all Ages	Under 1	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and upwards	Cranbrook	Park	Seven Kings	Barkingside	North Hainault	Loxford	Clementswood	South Hainault	Goodmayes	Total Cases Admitted to Hospital

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The total number of deaths of Ilford residents from the following infectious diseases during 1944 was 168 as against 215 in 1943.

	1943	1944

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The following return cases have occurred during the past five years, a "return" case being one which arises within 28 days of the freedom of the primary case from isolation:—

Year	Cases notified (including Institutions)	Admitted to Ilford Isolation Hospital	"Return" Hospital Cases	Per Cent.	Home Cases	Cases arising in same house	Per Cent.

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Diphtheria Immunisation.— Tabular Statement as to Number of Children Schick Tested and Immunised at the Diphtheria Clinics from 1st January, 1944, to 31st December, 1944.

	Newbury Hall Clinic			Mayesbrook Clinic			Grand Totals Both Clinics
	School Children (Various Schools)	Children under 5 years of age	Total	School Children (Various Schools)	Children under 5 years of age	Total

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Table showing Incidence of Infectious Disease, 1944, in age groups; and total Deaths.

Disease	Total cases notified	Under 1 year	1—2	2—3	3—4	4—5	5—10	10—15	15—20	20—35	35—45	45—65	Over 65	*Cases admitted to Hospital	Total Deaths

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In order to cope with the situation in Ilford I had to ask the Essex -County Council to remove 20 cases of tuberculosis from the beds in the Isolation Hospital which had been loaned to the Essex County Council for hat purpose.

Week ending	No. of Notifications of Pneumonia.	Admissions to Hospitals.					Cases Nursed at Home
Week ending	No. of Notifications of Pneumonia.	Ilford Isolation Hospital	Oldehurch Hospital, Romford.	Essex County Hospital, Wanstead.	King George Hospital, Ilford.	Other Hospitals.	Cases Nursed at Home

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Notifications and Deaths trom luberculosis ot lltord residents during 1944:

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Respiratory		Non-Respiratory
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Of the above new cases, the following were notified from Institutions in the district:—

	Respiratory Tuberculosis	Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis

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During the year 1944 the following deaths occurred from Tuberculosis:—

	Pulmonary	Non-Pulmonary

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PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary Total

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Cases of Tuberculosis, on notification, are visited by the Tuberculosis Nurse of the Essex County Council. 979 of the cases of longer standing were visited by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year, a visit being made to each patient every six months. The following reports were obtained:—

	Pulmonary Cases	Other Cases

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The number of patients from Ilford sent to Institutions under the Essex County Tuberculosis Scheme during 1944 was as follows:—

	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Total

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1 —INSPECTION OF FACTORIES AND OTHER PREMISES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors .

Premises (1)	Number of
Premises (1)	Inspections (2)	Written Notices (3)	Occupiers prosecuted (4)

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2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES.

Particulars.	Number of Defects			No. ot defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector

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The 981 patients admitted during 1944 suffered from the following complaints:—

	Ilford		Barking
	Admissions	Deaths	Admissions	Deaths

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Number of patients in Hospital on 1st January, 1944 and 1945 respectively:—

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The following table shows the number of the Staff at the Isolation Hospital who were Schick and Dick tested during 1944, and also the number inoculated:—

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The following table gives the deaths of infants under one year of age, classified according to age. Infant Mortality.

Cause of Death	Under 1 week	1-2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months	3 months and under 6 months	6 months and under 9 months	9 months and under 12 months	Total Deaths under 1 year

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Special Clinics.—Attendances of children under 5 years of age and expectant and nursing mothers at the various Clinics during 15)44 are set out in the following table:—

Clinic.	Number of Sessions.				Attendances. Individual Expectant and Nursing Mothers.				Attendances. Individual Children.				Total Attendances.

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War-time Day Nurseries .—The following War-time Day Nurseries for children under 5 years of age, whose mothers are in employment, have been opened:—

Situation.	Date of Opening	Accommodation (Children)	Average Daily Attendance during 1944 Including Excluding Saturday Saturday		No. of Days in Quarantine	Reasons for Quarantine

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INFECTiors Disease .—The following table shows the incidence of infectious diseases in the Ilford schools since 1939:—

	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria	Measles and Ger-. man Measles	Chicken Pox.	Mumpis	Whooping Cough.

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Diphtheria Prevention Clinics. —The following shows the work carried out at Newbury Hall (62 sessions) and Mayesbrook (52 sessions) Clinics for children of school age during 1944:—

	Newbury Hall.		Mayesbrook.

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Result of final Schick test in 1944 of cases inoculated in 1943:

	Newbury Hall.	Mayesbrook

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Since the first introduction of immunisation against Diphtheria in Ilford in 1929, 9,594 children of school age, and 11,322 children under school age have been immunised.

	No. of cases at beginning of 1944.	No. of cases reported during 1944.	Total.	Remedied during 1944.	No. of cases under observation at end of 1944.

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(a) Minor Ailments Clinics. —The attendances during 1944 were as follows:—

	Newbury Hall	Mayesbrook

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The following table shows the conditions dealt with at both the Clinics during the year:-

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Special Clinics.—Attendances at the various Clinics during 1944, are set out in the following table:-

Clinic.	Number of Sessions.			Attendances Individual Children.			Total Attendances.
Clinic.	A.	B.	C.	A.	B.	C.	A.	B.	C.

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The amount of dental disease present in children at various ages is shown by the following table relating to school children inspected by the school Dentists:—

Age groups (in years)	No. of inspections of children	No. referred for treatment.	Percentage.

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Blind, Deaf, Epileptic, Delicate abd Cripple Children. Summary of cases at end of 1944:—

	Blind	Deaf	Partially Deaf	Epileptic		Delicate	Cripples
	Blind	Deaf	Partially Deaf	Major	Minor	Delicate	Cripples

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Idiots, Imbeciles, Feeble-Minded, Dull and Backward Children. Summary of cases at end of 1944:—

	Idiots.	Imbeciles.	Feeble-Minded.	Dull and Backward

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School Camps.—The three Ilford School Camps are still in being, and the general procedure outlined in my report for 1940 still continues. Infection at the Camp Schools in 1944.

	Kennylands.	Finnamore Wood	Elmbridge.

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Table Showing the Principal Causes of Death among Children of School Age (i.e., from 5—15 years) in Ilford for 1942 and 1943. The Table also gives a Comparative Percentage of Deaths Registered at all Ages, from 5—15 Years.

Disease.	Ilford, Percentage of total deaths (all ages).		Ilford, Percentage of total deaths at ages 5—15
Disease.	1942	1943	1942	1943

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Table I.—Return of Medical Inspections. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.

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Table II. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

Age Groups	No. of Children Inspected	A. (Excellent)		B. (Normal)		C. (Slightly Subnormal)		D. (Bad)
Age Groups	No. of Children Inspected	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%

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Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Defect or Disease	No. of Defects dealt with
Defect or Disease	Under the Authority's Scheme	Otherwise	Total
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

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Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

Number of Defects
Received Operative Treatment.	Received other forms of Treatment.	Total Number treated.
106	5	111

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Table IV.— Dental Inspection and Treatment.

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Table V.— Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.

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Table VI. Blind and Deaf Children.

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	At a Public Elementary School	At an Institution other than a Special School	At no School or Institution	Total not receiving suitable Education

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Table VII. School Medical and Dental Staff.

Name of Officer	Proportion of whole time devoted to—
Name of Officer	School Medical Service	Public Health

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School Nursing Staff. (excluding specialist Nurses, such as Orthopaedic Nurses).

	Number of Officers	Aggregate of time given to S.M.S. work in terms of whole-time officers

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Table VI. A.—Table Showing the Average Heights and Weights of the BOYS Examined.

School	5—6 Years			6—7 Years			7—8 Years			8—9 Years			9—10 Years			10—11 Years			11—12 Years			12—13 Years			13—14 Years
School	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height , (in Centimetre)	Average Weight (in Kilogramme)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)

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Ilford Boys—Averages for 10 years.-

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Table VI B.—Table Showing the Average Heights and Weights of the GIRLS Examined.

School	5—6 Years			6—7 Years			7—8 Years			8—9 Years			9—10 Years			10—11 Years			11—12 Years			12—13 Years			13—14 Years
School	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetre#)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	\| Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	1 Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number ol Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetre*)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)

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Ilford Girls—Averages for 10 years:-

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Table VI C. Heights and Weights—(Five-year Period = 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944). Comparison of Camp with other Ilford Schools.

Camp School.	11—12					12—13					13—14
Camp School.	No. Ex'd.	Ht.		Wt.		No. Ex'd.	Ht.		Wt.		No. Ex'd.	Ht.		Wt.

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Table VII.—Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases among School Children, and of Contacts of such Cases, excluded from School Attendance during the Year ended the 31st December, 1944.

SCHOOLS	DISEASES AND CONTACTS
	No. on Roll	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Measles & German Measles		Chicken-pox	Whooping Cough		Mumps	Totals, 1944		Totals, 1943
	No. on Roll	Cases	Contacts	Cases	Contacts	Cases	Contacts	Cases	Cases	Contacts	Cases	Cases	Contacts	Cases	Contacts

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Table I.—Return of Medical Inspections.

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Table II. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

Age Groups	No. of Children Inspected	A. (Excellent)		B. (Normal)		C (Slightly Subnormal)		D. (Bad)
Age Groups	No. of Children Inspected	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%

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Group II. — Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Defect or Disease.	No. of Defects dealt with
Defect or Disease.	Under the Authority's Scheme	Otherwise	Total
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

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Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

Number of Defects.
Received Operative Treatment.	Received other forms of Treatment.	Total Number treated.

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Table IV.— Dental Inspection and Treatment.

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The amount of dental disease present in children at various ages is shown by the following table, relating to schoolchildren inspected by the School Dental Surgeons:—

Age Groups (in years).	No. of Inspections of Children.	No. referred for Treatment.	Percentage.

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Attendances at Specialists' Clinics.

Clinic.	Individual Children.	Total Attendances.

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SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:—

The following Table shows the death-rates for 1944 for Ilford, compared with the provisional death-rates for England and Wales for the same period, per 1,000 population; the figures having been supplied by the Registrar-General:—

TABLE I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District During 1944 and Previous Years.

TABLE 1A Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1944 (Provisional figures).

TABLE II Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1944

Complaints. —During the year, 1,610 complaints of nuisances have been received and investigated.

(iii) Sampling .—The routine practice of sampling was given in the 1938 Report, the following gives the results for 1944:—

The following medical examinations were carried out during 1944:—

TABLE III—Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1944

The total number of deaths of Ilford residents from the following infectious diseases during 1944 was 168 as against 215 in 1943.

The following return cases have occurred during the past five years, a "return" case being one which arises within 28 days of the freedom of the primary case from isolation:—

Diphtheria Immunisation.— Tabular Statement as to Number of Children Schick Tested and Immunised at the Diphtheria Clinics from 1st January, 1944, to 31st December, 1944.

Table showing Incidence of Infectious Disease, 1944, in age groups; and total Deaths.

In order to cope with the situation in Ilford I had to ask the Essex -County Council to remove 20 cases of tuberculosis from the beds in the Isolation Hospital which had been loaned to the Essex County Council for hat purpose.

Notifications and Deaths trom luberculosis ot lltord residents during 1944:

Of the above new cases, the following were notified from Institutions in the district:—

During the year 1944 the following deaths occurred from Tuberculosis:—

PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary Total

Cases of Tuberculosis, on notification, are visited by the Tuberculosis Nurse of the Essex County Council. 979 of the cases of longer standing were visited by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year, a visit being made to each patient every six months. The following reports were obtained:—

The number of patients from Ilford sent to Institutions under the Essex County Tuberculosis Scheme during 1944 was as follows:—

1 —INSPECTION OF FACTORIES AND OTHER PREMISES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors .

2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES.

The 981 patients admitted during 1944 suffered from the following complaints:—

Number of patients in Hospital on 1st January, 1944 and 1945 respectively:—

The following table shows the number of the Staff at the Isolation Hospital who were Schick and Dick tested during 1944, and also the number inoculated:—

The following table gives the deaths of infants under one year of age, classified according to age. Infant Mortality.

Special Clinics.—Attendances of children under 5 years of age and expectant and nursing mothers at the various Clinics during 15)44 are set out in the following table:—

War-time Day Nurseries .—The following War-time Day Nurseries for children under 5 years of age, whose mothers are in employment, have been opened:—

INFECTiors Disease .—The following table shows the incidence of infectious diseases in the Ilford schools since 1939:—

Diphtheria Prevention Clinics. —The following shows the work carried out at Newbury Hall (62 sessions) and Mayesbrook (52 sessions) Clinics for children of school age during 1944:—

Result of final Schick test in 1944 of cases inoculated in 1943:

Since the first introduction of immunisation against Diphtheria in Ilford in 1929, 9,594 children of school age, and 11,322 children under school age have been immunised.

(a) Minor Ailments Clinics. —The attendances during 1944 were as follows:—

The following table shows the conditions dealt with at both the Clinics during the year:-

Special Clinics.—Attendances at the various Clinics during 1944, are set out in the following table:-

The amount of dental disease present in children at various ages is shown by the following table relating to school children inspected by the school Dentists:—

Blind, Deaf, Epileptic, Delicate abd Cripple Children. Summary of cases at end of 1944:—

Idiots, Imbeciles, Feeble-Minded, Dull and Backward Children. Summary of cases at end of 1944:—

School Camps.—The three Ilford School Camps are still in being, and the general procedure outlined in my report for 1940 still continues. Infection at the Camp Schools in 1944.

Table Showing the Principal Causes of Death among Children of School Age (i.e., from 5—15 years) in Ilford for 1942 and 1943. The Table also gives a Comparative Percentage of Deaths Registered at all Ages, from 5—15 Years.

Table I.—Return of Medical Inspections. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.

Table II. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

Table IV.— Dental Inspection and Treatment.

Table V.— Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.

Table VI. Blind and Deaf Children.

Table VII. School Medical and Dental Staff.

School Nursing Staff. (excluding specialist Nurses, such as Orthopaedic Nurses).

Table VI. A.—Table Showing the Average Heights and Weights of the BOYS Examined.

Ilford Boys—Averages for 10 years.-

Table VI B.—Table Showing the Average Heights and Weights of the GIRLS Examined.

Ilford Girls—Averages for 10 years:-

Table VI C. Heights and Weights—(Five-year Period = 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944). Comparison of Camp with other Ilford Schools.

Table VII.—Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases among School Children, and of Contacts of such Cases, excluded from School Attendance during the Year ended the 31st December, 1944.

Table I.—Return of Medical Inspections.

Table II. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

Group II. — Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

Table IV.— Dental Inspection and Treatment.

The amount of dental disease present in children at various ages is shown by the following table, relating to schoolchildren inspected by the School Dental Surgeons:—

Attendances at Specialists' Clinics.