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In 1946, under the arrangements mentioned in the 1935 Report, 16
private doctors were supplied with prophylactic for the immunisation of
86 children (73 under 5 years and 13 over 5 years of age). The following
is a brief summary:—
1945 Cases:
Final Schick Test in 1946:—
Negative 25
Positive and re-inoculated 1
No final Schick Test, left district, etc. 5
1946 Cases:
Numbers inoculated (full course) by medical practitioners 74
Final Schick Test—Negative 52
Positive and re-inoculated 1
No final Schick Test, left district, etc. 4
Forms not yet returned 12
To be Schick Tested in 1947 5
(d) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—5 cases were notified during 1946. Of
these 1 was treated at home by a private medical practitioner, and 4 at the
Isolation Hospital.
Cases
Vision Unimpaired
Vision
Impaired
Total
Blindness
Deaths
Notified
Treated
At Home
In Hospital
5
1
4
5
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—
—
(e) Enteric Fever. —Three cases of this disease were notified during the
year; they were two females aged 26 and 11 years and one male 15 years.
One was a case of Typhoid fever and the others, cases of Paratyphoid fever
"B." All were admitted to the Isolation Hospital and made good recoveries.
It will be remembered there was an outbreak of Typhoid fever in
Aberystwyth in the summer of 1946 due to infected Ice-cream. The patent
who suffered from Typhoid fever had been on holiday at Aberystwyth and
was taken ill after her return home to Ilford.
(f) Typhus Fever.—Notice of the arrival of 15 persons in this country
from areas infected with Typhus Fever were received. These persons were
visited by the Sanitary Inspectors; 51 visits were made.
(g) Scabies Order, 1941 (dated 28th October, 1941).—197 cases of Scabies
(76 adults and 121 children) were reported. Six Ilford residents were
admitted to the Isolation Hospital during the year.
(h) Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis.—Two cases of this disease were notified
during 1946. Both were boys of six years of age and were admitted to the
Isolation Hospital.
Despite prolonged hospital treatment both suffered some residual
paralysis of the legs, and treatment was continued after discharge from
hospital at the Council's Orthopaedic and Massage Clinics.