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Ilford 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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During the year 1928, the following deaths occurred from
Tuberculosis:—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis for the district proper 59
Claybury Mental Hospital 6
West Ham Mental Hospital 7
Tuberculosis (all other forms) for the district proper (including
4 at the Emergency Hospital, 1 at the Isolation
Hospital, and 1 at the Girls' Village Homes) 13
Claybury Mental Hospital 2
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925.—No action has been taken under these regulations as
regards persons employed in the milk trade.
Public Health Act, 1925, Section 62.—No action has been
taken for the compulsory removal of infectious persons to hospital
or other institutions.
The following table shows the number of deaths from
Tuberculosis of Ilford residents, together with the death-rate for
that disease per 1,000 persons living, during the last ten years:—
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
57
.71
42
.50
53
.64
46
.55
55
.64
Tuberoular Meningitis
11
.13
5
.06
2
.02
—
—
—
—
tuberculosis
(all other forms)
16
.20
11
.13
9
.11
10
.12*
12
.14*
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
No.
Rate.
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
54
.61
81
.84
66
.65
58
.53
59
.52
Tubercular Meningitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Tuberculosis
(all other forms)
11
.12*
16
.17*
10
.09*
13
.12*
13
11*
*Including Tubercular Meningitis for the years 1922-1928.