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In 1944, under the arrangements mentioned in the 1935 Report, 18
private doctors were supplied with prophylactic for the immunisation of
81 children (69 under 5 years and 12 over 5 years of age). The following
is a brief summary:—
1943 Cases:
Final Schick Test in 1944:—
Negative 35
Positive and re-inoculated —
Positive and not re-inoculated (left district) 1
No final Schick Test, left district, etc. 6
1944 Cases:
Numbers inoculated (full course) by medical practitioners 65
Final Schick Test—Negative 40
Positive and re-inoculated 1
No final Schick Test, left district, etc. 3
Forms not yet returned 9
To be Schick Tested in 1945 12
(d) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—4 cases were notified during 1944.
Of the 4 cases notified, 2 were treated at home by private medical
practitioners, 1 was admitted to White Oak (L.C.C.) Hospital, Swanley, and
1 to the Ilford Isolation Hospital.
Cases
Vision Unimpaired
Vision
Impaired
Total
Blindness
Deaths
Notified
Treated
At Home In Hospital
4
2
2
4
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(e) Enteric Fever.—Three cases of this disease were notified during the
year.
Two of these cases were notified from Claybury Mental Hospital. Both
patients had been in the Institution for long periods; the infecting organism
was the B. Typhosus and Bacillus para-typhosus "B" respectively.
The other case occurred in the district in a female of 24 years. The
patient was admitted to the Isolation Hospital and made a good recovery
after seven weeks in the Hospital. The infection was due to Bacillus paratyphosus
"B".
(/) Scabies Order, 1941 (dated 28th October, 1941).—187 cases of Scabies
(81 adults and 106 children) were reported. 5 Ilford residents were
admitted to the Isolation Hospital during the year.