Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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into the wards. During 193-1 it was found that the incidence of
renal complications (nephritis and albuminuria) was greater among
females (21 per cent.) than among males (8 per cent.), and that
these complications occurred mostly in patients occupying beds
on the north-east side of the wards. The renovation of the outer
and middle coverings of the walls was begun in May and finished
in November, 1935. The following figures show the percentage
incidence rate of renal complications during the last three years.
Renal complications.
Nephritis. Albuminuria. Total.
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
1934 1.29 16.02 17.83
1935 2.33 8.17 10.50
1936 0.90 3.18 4.09
1936, therefore, no overcrowding of patients occurred. The following figures show the percentage incidence rate of complications during these three vears.
Per cent. | |
---|---|
1934 | 51 |
1935 | 41 |
1936 | 30 |
Of 231 persons notified during the year, 187 (80 per cent.) were admitted to Leyton Isolation Hospital. Of that number, 110 were males and 77 females. The average period of treatment in hospital was 40.28 days per case.
1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of cases notified | 155 | 94 | 257 | 276 | 231 |
Number treated in Leyton Isolation Hospital | 115 | 70 | 193 | 188 | 187 |
74% | 74% | 75% | 68.1% | 80% | |
Deaths in Hospital | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
Hospital case fatality | 1.74% | 5.70% | 5.18% | 3.19% | 4.81% |