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 Ilford]
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The 16 patients were suffering from the following conditions :-
Cause of Pyrexia. | Number of Cases. | |
---|---|---|
Miscarriage | 1 | |
Mastitis | 1 | |
Retained placenta | 1 | |
Sapraemia | 3 | |
B. coli infection | 2 | |
Pneumonia | 1 | |
Sub-involution of uterus | 1 | |
Septic lacerations | 1 | |
Uterine sepsis | 1 | |
Scarlet fever | 2 | |
Pyaemia | 1 | |
Septicaemia (fatal) | 1 |
2. Zymotic Diseases .-The deaths registered were as follows:-
Smallpox | - |
Measles | - |
Scarlet Fever.. | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | 8 |
Enteric Fever | - |
Diarrhoea | 14 |