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Ilford 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The treatment of Tuberculosis is now under the control of the Regional
Hospital Board. On the 31st December, 1949, there were 1,227 patients
on the register of the Ilford Clinic.
The Dentist treated 34 tuberculosis patients from the Ilford Sanatorium.
They paid 145 visits to the Clinic. Thirteen were provided with dentures,
and four patients had dentures repaired.
The number of patients from Ilford sent to Institutions under the Tuberculosis Scheme during 1949 was as follows: —
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Adults | 76 | 5 | 148 | ||
| Children | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Tuberculosis Care Association.—This Association has assisted 105 cases
with extra nourishment, clothing, and in other ways.
Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 163).—One certificate in respect of the
death of a patient at the Ilford Isolation Hospital was issued, stating that the
body should not be removed from hospital except for the purpose of being
buried forthwith.
notified as due to (1) Syphilis; (2) Locomotor Ataxy and General Paralysis of the Insane, which are certainly due to Syphilis; and (3) Aortic Aneurysm, which is very frequently caused by this disease: —
| Ilford Residents—Ages | Non-Residents in Institutions | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—1 | 1—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65—75 | 75—85 | 85 up | |||
| Syphilis | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | __ | 2 | ||
| Locomotor Ataxy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| General Paralysis of the Insane | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||
| Aortic Aneurysm | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
The deaths in Institutions of Ilford non-residents occurred chiefly at
Claybury and Goodmayes Hospitals; 2'2 per cent, of the registered causes
of death in these Institutions fell under the above headings. Many other
patients died from incidental causes; the reason, however, for their admission
to these Mental Hospitals was some venereal infection.
The following figures show the number of cases of Ophthalmia
Neonatorum notified during the past five years:—1945, 3; 1946, 5; 1947, 11;
1948, 4; 1949, 1. It is to be remembered that many cases of ophthalmia
neonatorum are not due tc gonorrheal infection.
The treatment of patients is now the responsibility of the Regional
Hospital Board.