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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Non-
Pulmonary Pulmonary Total
Number of cases on register, 1st January,
1952 1,251 175 1,426
Number of cases entered on the register
during the year 168 20 188
Number of cases removed from the register
during the year
Pul. Non- Pul.
Recovered 30 18
Deceased 25 3
Left District 73 9
Lost sight of 3 —
Diagnosis not established 9 2
140 32 172
Number of cases remaining on register on
31st December, 1952 1,279 163 1,442
Cases of Tuberculosis, on notification, are visited by the Tuberculosis
Nurses. Cases of longer standing are visited by the Sanitary Inspectors
during the year, a visit being made to each patient every six months; 1,072
persons were visited during the year. The following reports were obtained:
Pulmonary Cases Other Cases
Condition good 563 68
Condition fairly good 178 15
Condition poorly 38 2
In sanatoria 126 5
No information as to present condition 25 1
Removed from district, etc. 45 6
975 97
The treatment of Tuberculosis is now under the control of the Regional
Hospital Board. On the 31st December. 1952, there were 1,133 patients on
the register of the Ilford Clinic.
The number of patients from Ilford sent to Institutions under the Regional Hospital Board Tuberculosis Scheme during 1952 was as follows:
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Adults | 73 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 137 |
| Children | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Mass Radiography.
The Mass Radiography Unit of the North East Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board attended in the Ilford district from 5th November, 1951,
to the 21st January, 1952. Dr. Hugh Ramsay, the Medical Director, supplied
me with particulars of the Survey as follows:—