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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
Number of patients in Hospital at beginning of year :—
Scarlet Fever 43
Diphtheria 7
Typhoid Fever 1
Number of patients admitted during the year:—
Scarlet Fever 186
Diphtheria 88
Enteric Fever 3
Erysipelas 2
Number of patients remaining in Hospital on 1st
January; 1910:—
Scarlet Fever 36
Diphtheria 17
Enteric Fever 1
Number of deaths, and death rates per cent, of cases
admitted to the Hospital during the year, showing
comparison with 1908:—
Number of
Deaths.
Death rate
per cent.
1909
1908
1909
1908
Scarlet Fever
—
1
—
.28
Diphtheria
7
5
7.36
6.02
The following shows the average length of stay of
patients in the Hospital