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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Average stay in hospital in days:—
1902. 1903. 1904. 1905.
Scarlet Fever 56 58 54.7 48.94
Diphtheria 35 — 21.07 28.62
Typhoid Fever 38 — 40.66 32.0
Deaths in hospital:—
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902. | I death | 2 deaths | 7 deaths |
| Rate - .83% | Rate-6.72% | Rate -21.2% | |
| 1903. | 1 death | 4 deaths | 2 deaths |
| Rate - .86% | Rate -11.4% | Rate - 18.1% | |
| 1904. | 4 deaths | 7 deaths | 2 deaths |
| Rate -2.66% | Rate - 8.75% | Rate -22.22% | |
| 1905. | 3 deaths | 4 deaths | 1 death |
| Rate - 1.92% | Rate - 7.27% | Rate-7.69% |
During the year Miss Brown, who has been Matron
since the opening of the Hospital in 189S, resigned. I
should like to put on record here, my appreciation of her
services to the Hospital and so to the town. In starting an
Isolation Hospital of the size that this was, a great deal depends
on its popularity with the patients and their friends.
Probably still more a few years ago than even now. Miss
Brown was ever ready to sacrifice herself to the interests of
the patients and the hospital, which quickly gained for her
the respect and affection of a series of inmates and visitors.
If one thing, more than another, contributes to the value of
an Isolation Hospital it is the efficiency of its nursing staff,
and in changing matrons it is desirable to take stock of the
nursing conditions, to see if they can be improved. A large