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Ilford 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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ILFORD ISOLATION HOSPITAL
From the 5th July, 1948, the Hospital was included in Group 12
(Ilford and Barking Hospital Management Committee) of the North East
Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
934 patients were admitted during 1948.
93.7 per cent. of the notified cases of diphtheria and 60.2 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 934 patients admitted during the year suffered from the following
complaints:—