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
Edmonton 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
This page requires JavaScript
40
There is a considerable area of land available for future extension
of the hospital should this be found necessary, so that the district is
now in a very advantageous position in regard to means for isolating
cases of the common infectious diseases.
The Enfield and Edmonton Joint Hospital comes into operation
as such at the beginning of 1906, and during the past year the
isolation of our infectious cases has been carried out under the old
arrangement with the Enfield Council.
The following table gives the percentages of hospital isolations to cases notified for the past five years
| 1901 | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 46.1 | 38 | 47.9 | 72.9 | 80.7 |
| Diphtheria | 40.0 | 31 | 26.3 | 50.0 | 54.0 |
| Enteric Fever | 53.8 | 36 | 53.5 | 57.9 | 68.0 |
| Totals | 47.1 | 35.5 | 46.6 | 67.2 | 747 |
The large percentage of isolation now carried out, as indicated in
the above table, and the general willingness shown by parents to
have their children removed to hospital, speaks highly for the
esteem in which the Winch more Hill institution is held.
Smallpox Hospital Accommodation. A joint board has
been formed by a number of the public health authorities in
Middlesex, of which this Council is one, for the purpose of providing
hospital isolation for small pox. Negotiations are in progress for
the purchase of Clare Hall Small-pox Hospital by the Board, and
when this is accomplished, and the necessary alterations have been
made, the contributing districts in the county will be in a much
improved position for dealing with the outbreaks of this disease.