London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
This page requires JavaScript
54
(2) HOSPITALISATION.
During the year cases of Infectious Disease
requiring admission were admitted to the Ilford
Isolation Hospital, Plaistow Fever, Rush Green
Isolation, Billericay, Grays, Waltham Cross, Dartford,
and also Hospitals of the London County Council.
The following table shows the cases dealt with at Hospitals :—
| In Hospital 31st Dec., 1942 | Admitted during year | Died | Discharged | In Hospital 31st Dec., 1943 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonne Dysentery | – | 2 | 2 | – | |
| Paratyphoid | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| *Scarlet Fever | 41 | 310 | 2 | 325 | 24 |
| Diphtheria (including Membraneous Croup) | 6 | 36 | 1 | 36 | 5 |
| ‡Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 44 | 11‡ | 41 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 19 | – | 20 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| whooping Cough | — | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Measles | — | 4 | — | 4 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 9 | — | 8 | 1 |
| Others | 2 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 1 |
† Eight cases of Pneumonia died at home.
* Eighty-eight cases of Scarlet Fever were nursed at home.
One death, cause believed to be Scarlet Fever, subsequently proved not to
be the case.
$ In two cases notified as Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, the original diagnosis
was not confirmed by the Hospital. One of these died.
One case was subsequently diagnosed as " Staphlococcal Meningitis."