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East Ham 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 34. TUBERCULOSIS.
New Cases and Mortality, 1932.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulm. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulm. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 — 5 years | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | — | 4 | 3 |
| 5 — 15 „ | 7 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 |
| 15 — 25 „ | 26 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 — 45 „ | 41 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 28 | — | — |
| 45 — 65 „ | 23 | 8 | — | — | 19 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 65 and upward ,, | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 100 | 69 | 24 | 21 | 58 | 50 | 8 | 8 |
The ratio of non-notified deaths to total tuberculosis deaths
for the year was 1—13.
BOROUGH INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
It would appear opportune now that the hospital has been
completed and many improvements effected in addition to
rebuilding, to review the history of this Institution from its
inception.
The first Isolation Hospital was erected on land adjoining
the Sewage Farm at Vicarage Lane about the year 1891, and
consisted of a wood frame building covered with corrugated iron.
This was used for cases of Smallpox, but owing subsequently to
a decrease in this disease, it was made available for Scarlet Fever
cases.
At a somewhat later period, Clock House, High Street South,
was obtained by the Council for the admission of Diphtheria
patients. Also Rancliff House, which stood on ground now the
Central Park, was used for patients suffering from Typhoid Fever.