View report page

30 cases were treated in hospital including 20 in Oldchurch
Hospital and 4 in the Romford Isolation Hospital.
The deaths of 6 males and 13 females were attributed to Pneumonia
(all forms).
Dysentery.
2 cases of Dysentery of the Sonne type were notified, both being
treated in hospital to which they had been admitted for other conditions.
One was aged 6 years and the other one year. Both recovered.
Erysipelas.
31 cases were notified, 13 males of whom 6 were removed to
hospital and 18 females of whom 9 were removed to hospital.
Enteric Fevers.
During the year three cases, two being Typhoid and one Paratyphoid,
were notified, and were treated in hospital. The notification
rate per 1,000 population was the same as that for England and
Wales, viz., 0.03. The first case was infected in a hospital outside
the District; the second was in contact with cases of Typhoid Fever
in a neighbouring district and probably developed the disease there;
the third case was also probably infected outside this District. There
was no possible connection between the three cases.
The ages and sex were:—male, 21 years; females, 8 years and
15 years.
One case, a male aged 21 years, proved fatal.
Public Health Act, 1925.
No action was required to be taken during the year under
Section 66 of this Act or under Section 176 of the Public Health
Act, 1936.