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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Examination of Officers, etc.—In accordance with the Education
Committee's regulations, the undermentioned teachers and other officers were
medically examined and reported upon during the year by the School Medical
Officer:—
Newly-appointed Teachers 2
Teachers—Sickness Regulations 6
Newly-appointed Asst. Supervisor British Restaurants 1
„ „ Clerks—Education Department 2
Intending Nurses 6
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School Camps.—The three Ilford School Camps are still in being, and the general procedure outlined in my report for 1940 still continues.
Infection at the Camp Schools in 1944.
| Kennylands. | Finnamore Wood | Elmbridge. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| German Measles | 16 | 29 | 4 |
| Chicken Pox | - | 2 | - |
| Mumps | - | 10 | - |
| Influenza | 19 | - | |
| Scabies | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Shingles | 1 | — | - |
| Jaundice | 1 | - | - |
| Impetigo | 1 | 1 | 18 |
Professor G. S. Wilson of the Emergency Public Health Laboratory
Service, School of Pathology at Oxford, who previously undertook the Schick
and Dick testing of certain children who had previously been inoculated
against Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, and also to inoculate new admissions,
for whom consent forms had already been obtained, was unable to continue
during the year. Dr. L. Foulds, of Christ's Hospital, Horsham, was,
however, able to continue the inoculations at the Elmbridge Camp. These
were completed early in the year and the figures were included in my report
for 1943.
Table Showing the Principal Causes of Death among Children of School Age (i.e., from 5—15 years) in Ilford for 1942 and 1943. The Table also gives a Comparative Percentage of Deaths Registered at all Ages, from 5—15 Years.
| Disease. | Ilford, Percentage of total deaths (all ages). | Ilford, Percentage of total deaths at ages 5—15 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 1943 | 1942 | 1943 | |
| 1. Measles | 0.1 | 0.1 | - | - |
| 2. Scarlet Fever | — | 0.1 | - | - |
| 3. Whooping Cough | 0.1 | 0.2 | - | — |
| 4. Diphtheria | — | 0.2 | - | 10.5 |
| 5. Influenza | 0.8 | 2.4 | 7.7 | — |
| 6. Tuberculosis | 6.3 | 4.8 | 23.0 | - |
| 7. Rheumatic Fever | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Bronchitis, Pneumonia and other respiratory diseases | 10.3 | 11.0 | - | 10.5 |
| 9. *Meningitis and Nervous system | 0.8 | 9.5 | 7.7 | — |
| 10. Heart Diseases | 20.1 | 26.0 | — | - |
| 11. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 2.3 | 2.1 | — | — |
| 12. Violence | 4.0 | 5.4 | 15.5 | 57.9 |
| 13. Other causes | 55.2 | 38.0 | 46.1 | 21.1 |
| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
* Excludes Meningococcal infections.
Ilford.—The deaths of children of School Age during 1943 represent
1.2 percent, of the Total Deaths registered (all ages), and during 1942 represent
.9 per cent.