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Ilford 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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In 1941, under the arrangements mentioned in the 1935 Report, 36
private doctors were supplied with prophylactic for the immunisation of
243 children (194 under 5 years and 49 over 5 years of age). The following
is a brief summary:—
1940 Cases:
Final Schick Test in 1941:—
| Negative | 9 |
| Positive and re-inoculated | - |
| Positive and not re-inoculated (left district) | - |
| No final Schick Test, left district, etc. | 3 |
| 1941 Cases: | |
| Numbers inoculated (full course) by medical practitioners.. | 243 |
| Final Schick Test—Negative | 139 |
| Positive and re-inoculated | 2 |
| No final Schick Test, left district, etc. | 9 |
| Forms not yet returned | 44 |
| To be Schick Tested in 1942 | 49 |
(d) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—8 cases were notified during 1941.
Of the 8 cases notified, 6 were treated at home by private medical practitioners, 1 was treated as an out-patient at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, and 1 at King George Hospital, Ilford.
| Cases | Vision Unimpaired | Vision Impaired | Total Blindness | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | Treated | |||||
| At Home | In Hospital | |||||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — |
(e) Enteric Fever.—18 cases of enteric fever were notified. In 2 cases,
1 admitted to the Ilford Isolation Hospital and 1 to L.C.C. Park Hospital,
confirmation of the disease could not be obtained by bacteriological
examinations. Of the remaining 16, 11 were due to infection by B. Paratyphosus
B. (of which 8 were admitted to the Ilford Isolation Hospital),
1 occurred at Claybury Emergency Hospital where the patient was treated,
and 2 cases were nursed at home. In 5 cases the infection was due to
B. Typhosus, 2 occurring at Claybury Mental Hospital, 1 at West Ham
Mental Hospital (fatal) and 2 at West Ham Emergency Hospital.
In none of the cases was it possible to find the source of infection,
although extensive investigations were made. The cases occurring at
Claybury and West Ham Mental Hospitals were probably infected by
"carriers."
(f) Scabies Order, 1941 (dated 28th October, 1941)..—30 cases of Scabies
(9 adults and 21 children) were reported. 11 Ilford residents were admitted
to the Isolation Hospital during the year.