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Ealing 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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66 Sanitary Administration of the District.
On the northern boundary is the Small pox Hospital
and Reception House. There has been no occasion to
use either of these places for some years.

The following table gives the number of cases treated in the Isolation Hospital during the year and the number remaining in the Hospital at the end of the year:

Disease.Remaining in Hospital Dec. 31st, 1918.Admitted to Hospital during 1919.Remaining in Hospital Dec. 31st, 1919.No. of Deaths
Scarlet Fever6161281
Diphtheria44063
Enteric Fever3
Meningitis32
Paratyphoid Fever2
Mumps1
Whooping Cough1
Erysipelas2
Puerperal Fever2
Cerebro-SpinalFever31
Total10218347

Scarlet Fever.—The number of cases of scarlet fever
admitted to Hospital was 161. The ages of the patients
were as follows:
Age 1-5 yrs. 5-15 yrs. 15-25 yrs. 25-35 yrs.
Number 42 103 10 6