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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The incidence of influenza and its fatality rate is shown by the following table, which shows the number of notifications of pneumonia with the percentage death rates according to where the cases were nursed, covering a period of 17 weeks from December, 1945, to March, 1946:—
| Week ending | No. of Notifications of Pneumonia. | Admissions to Hospitals. | Cases Nursed at Home | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilford Isolation Hospital | Oldchurch Hospital, Romford. | Essex County Hospital, Wanstead. | King George Hospital, Ilford. | Other Hospitals. | |||
| 1945-46 | |||||||
| 8th December | 7 | 4 | — | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| 15th „ | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| 22nd „ | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 29th „ | 13 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| 5th January | 8 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| 12th „ | 12 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19th „ | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 26th „ | 10 | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| 2nd February | 14 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 6 |
| 9th „ | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | — | - | 6 |
| 16th „ | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 23rd „ | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2nd March | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | - | — | 2 |
| 9th „ | 7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 |
| 16th „ | 8 | 5 | — | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| 23rd „ | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 30th „ | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 159 | 69 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 58 |
Of the 159 persona notified as suffering from Pneumonia, 101 were
admitted to hospitals, or 63.6 per cent. (43.4 per cent. of them being
admitted to the Ilford Isolation Hospital). Of this number 14 persons died
or 13.9 per cent. The remaining 58 persons were nursed at home and of
this number 9 died or 15.5 per cent.
In addition to the cases notified as Pneumonia 10 deaths certified as
having died from Influenza occurred in patients nursed at home.
3. Tuberculosis. During the year 1945 there were 203 new notifications
of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 36 of other forms of Tuberculosis.
33 cases of Pulmonary and 2 cases of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis were
transferred to Ilford.
Notifications and Deaths from Tuberculosis of Ilford residents during
1945:
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 year | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 years | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | - | 2 | 5 |
| 5-15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 15-25 | 27 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | - |
| 25-35 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | - | 1 |
| 35-45 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 45-55 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | - | - |
| 55-65 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 11 | - | - | - |
| Over 65 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 117 | 86 | 19 | 17 | 49 | 19 | 4 | 9 |