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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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| Ilford | Barking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admissions | Deaths | Admissions | Deaths | |
| Acute Streptococcal Laryngitis | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Mumps | 1 | — | — | — |
| Scabies | 7 | — | — | — |
| Gastro-enteritis | 4 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pleurisy | 2 | — | — | — |
| Catarrhal Jaundice | — | — | 1 | — |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | 10 | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelo Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Pyaemia due to carbuncle of face | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Mastitis and Mammary Abscess | 2 | — | — | — |
| Post-Scarlatinal Nephritis | 3 | — | — | — |
| Asthma | 1 | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis and Asthma | 1 | — | — | — |
| Abortions | 16 | — | — | — |
| Meningitis | 3 | — | — | — |
| Observation and other cases | 155 | — | 10 | — |
Post-Mortems were held by H.M. Coroner in connection with 17 of the
above 103 deaths.
Number of patients in Hospital on 1st January, 1945 and 1946. respectively:—
| 1st Jan., 1945 | 1st Jan., 1946 | |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 20 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 15 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 66 | 65 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 12 |
| Acute Rheumatism | — | 1 |
| Measles | 3 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | — |
| Chicken Pox | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 2 | — |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | — | 1 |
| Observation and other cases | 10 | 8 |
The average length of stay in Hospital was for:—
Scarlet Fever 23.5 days
Diphtheria 50.5 „
Tuberculous Diseases 87.6 „
Average stay in Hospital of all cases 31.5 „
The above averages are based on cases that completed their stay in
Hospital during the year.
Average number of patients in Hospital per day 115.8.
Scarlet Fever.—The diagnosis of scarlet fever could not be confirmed in
16 patients admitted. One death from scarlet fever occurred during the
year—a female child, age 2 years, twenty-six days after admission. (This
was a Barking case.)
Diphtheria.—The following table shows the percentage death-rate of
cases of diphtheria admitted to the Ilford Isolation Hospital during the
past five years, the rate being calculated each year only on those admissions
which proved to be clinically diphtheria.
1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
Ilford 7.1 Nil 9.1 5.8 4.6