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Ilford 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The work of the Hospital has been carried on in a most satisfactory
manner during the year. During the autumn and winter
months the capacity has been strained to the utmost, and the
question of enlargement is one which is now under consideration;
also that of providing a motor-ambulance and disinfecting-van
service.
I am satisfied that the nursing staff is at the present time
carrying on its duties most efficiently. The usual course of lectures
was given, and two probationer nurses passed the examination
of the Fever Nurses' Association during the year.
The following tables show the variety of diseases which were
under treatment during the course of the year:—
Number of patients in Hospital at beginning of vear:—
| Scarlet Fever | 14 |
| Diphtheria | 9 |
| Phthisis | 14 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| Under observation | 2 |
Number of patients admitted during the year:—
| Scarlet Fever | 183 |
| Diphtheria | 142 |
| Enlteric Fever | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 15 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 |
| Abscess of tlhe Breasts | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum:— | |
| Infainits | 6 |
| Mothers | 4 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 92 |
| Measles | 11 |
| Mumps | 1 |
| Scabiets | 4 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 1 |
| Hemiplegia | 1 |
| Under Observation | 8 |