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hospitalisation were sent to the Isolation Hospital of the
Waltham Joint Hospital Board, with whom arrangements had
been made for the treatment of infectious cases during wartime.
The following table shows the cases dealt with
at the Barking (infectious Diseases) Hospital until the
beginning of September
Disease
In
Hospital
December
31st,
1938.
Admitted
during
the
year.
Died
Discharged.
In
Hospital
September
1st,
1939.
Scarlet Fever
32
158
—
174
16
Diphtheria (including
Membranous Croup)
40
68
—
99
9
Puerperal Pyrexia
2
—
—
2
—
Pneumonia
4
24
1
27
—
Erysipelas
2
15
—
17
—
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
—
2
—
2
—
Others
10
82
1
90
1
Acute Anterior
Poliomyelitis
—
1
—
1
—
Pemphigus Neonatorum
—
2
—"
2
—
Bed Days.- The number of bed days in respect of
infectious disease cases, until the 1st September, 1939s
was 12,197 - that is to say, an average of approximately
50 patients in hospital per day.
The following table shows details of Barking cases
admitted to the Waltham Cross Isolation Hospital during the
period 1st September to the 31st December, 1939. The figures,
given in the first column denote the number of cases which
y/ere transferred direct from the Barking Hospital : -
Disease
in
Hospital
September
1st,
1939.
Admitted
Died
Discharged.
In
Hospital
December
31st,
1939.
Scarlet Fever
10
11
—
18
3
Diphtheria (including
Membranous Croup)
5
20
—
20
5
Enteric Fever
—
1
—
1
—
Cerebro-spinal Fever
—
1
—
1
—
Puerperal Pyrexia
—
2
—
1
1
Erysipelas
3
—
3
—
Others
—
3
—
2
1
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