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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Observations.
These figures disclose that the severity of symptoms, as judged
by the necessity of removal to hospital, was much greater among
those who consumed the fish in their own homes than among those
who ate it at the party ; in fact the only person in the latter
category who was removed to hospital was not seriously ill, and
was removed more for public health reasons than for treatment.
Progress of Cases.
All infected persons made uninterrupted recoveries, and
bacteriological investigation showed that by 1st September, 1948
all persons infected were quite free from infection.
SCABIES.
The following figures show the work done at that Clinic since then.
| Year | Cases Treated | Total attendances for treatment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Adults | Total | ||
| 1942 (10 mths.) | - | - | 303 | 1291 |
| 1943 | 522 | 632 | 1154 | 2490 |
| 1944 | 328 | 517 | 845 | 1990 |
| 1945 | 302 | 454 | 756 | 1462 |
| 1946 | 261 | 402 | 663 | 1298 |
| 1947 | 91 | 156 | 247 | 495 |
| 1948 | 67 | 90 | 157 | 271 |
Attendances during 1948.
| Number of patients treated | 157 |
| Children | 67 |
| Adults | 90 |
| Number of patients who had | |
| One routine treatment | 157 |
| Two „ „ | 69 |
| Three „ „ | 6 |
| Local treatment, no bath | 39 |
| 271 |