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Ilford 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
965 patients were admitted during 1944.
100 per cent, of the notified cases of diphtheria and 69.4 per cent, of
scarlet fever occurring in the district (excluding those cases treated at the
Institutions at which they were notified, or were transferred to other Isolation
Hospitals) were admitted to the hospital.
The 981 patients admitted during 1944 suffered from the following complaints:—
| Ilford | Barking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admissions | Deaths | Admissions | Deaths | |
| Scarlet Fever | 179 | - | 88 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever and Chicken Pox | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria | 34 | 2 | 6 | - |
| Pneumonia | 82 | 17 | 6 | 1 |
| Pneumonia and Chicken Pox | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia and Whooping Cough | 3 | — | - | - |
| Chicken Pox | 7 | — | - | - |
| Chicken Pox and Whooping Cough | 1 | — | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 2 | 6 | - |
| Whooping Cough and Measles | 1 | — | - | - |
| Measles and German Measles | 25 | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 23 | 1 | 5 | - |
| Sonne Dysentery | 13 | - | 9 | - |
| Para-typhoid Fever | 1 | — | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | — | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 4 | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 2 | - | - | - |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - |
| Acute Aseptic Meningitis | 1 | — | - | - |
| Influenzal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Tuberculous Diseases—Pulmonary | 162 | 43 | - | - |
| Tuberculous Diseases—Other forms | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Acute Rheumatism | 7 | - | - | - |
| Tonsillitis | 36 | - | 17 | - |
| Laryngitis | — | — | 1 | - |
| Scabies | 5 | — | 2 | - |
| Dermatitis | 2 | - | - | - |
| Impetigo | 2 | — | — | - |
| Impetigo and Scabies | 1 | — | — | - |
| Enteritis | 1 | — | - | - |
| Gastritis | - | — | - | - |
| Pleurisy | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Tetanus | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Infective Hepatitis | 3 | — | 1 | - |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | I | 1 | — | - |
| Chronic Myocarditis | 1 | 1 | — | - |
| Staphylococcal Septicaemia | 1 | 1 | — | - |
| Carcinoma of Bronchus | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Broncho-pneumonia, secondary to inhalation of foreign body, cardiac failure | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Haemolytic Streptococcal Empyema | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Cardiac failure, pyelonephritis, operated Bpinal tumour, premature labour | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Observation and other cases | 162 | — | 11 | - |
Post Mortems were held by H.M. Coroner in connection with 11 of the
above 79 deaths.