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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Leyton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Home Visits.
Five hundred and three visits to houses were made by members
of the nursing staff of the Department.
At the time of the primary visits it was found that doctors
were already in attendance in 372 (i.e., 78.48 per cent.) of the cases.
In homes where no doctor was in attendance the visitors were
able to give advice regarding isolation and treatment.
Institutional Treatment.
Measles is one of the most highly infectious of all infectious
diseases, and it is dangerous to admit a case of measles to a ward
containing susceptible children suffering from scarlet fever or
diphtheria. In providing for measles cases, no accommodation
less than a whole ward can be considered.
As it was impossible to devote a whole ward to measles cases in Leyton Isolation Hospital, it was necessary to find accommodation in outlying institutions, and cases were admitted to the following institutions :—
| Walthamstow Fever Hospital | 21 |
| Eastern Hospital (L.C.C.) | 2 |
| 23 |
They were admitted for the following reasons :—
| Bronchopneumonia | 10 |
| Unsatisfactory home conditions | 2 |
| Congestion of Lungs | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 |
| Abscess in neck | 1 |
| Mumps | 1 |
| Meningitis | 1 |
| Transfer from General Hospital | 2 |
| 23 |