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Ilford 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The disease is dealt with at greater length in the report
of the School Medical Officer.
There was no excessive incidence of Scarlet Fever as
compared with previous year, and the type of disease continued
to be mild in form and not dangerous to life. Whether
this will remain so for long is very doubtful. Infectious
diseases have their periods of quiescence as at present. But
it would not be surprising if the virulent type of Scarlet Fever
seen twenty or thirty years ago were again to make its
appearance.
DIPHTHERIA.
| Year. | Cases. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000. | Per cent. of Cases Notified. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 125 | 5 | ||
| 139 | 5 | •05 | 3.59 | |
| 135 | 9 | 6.66 | ||
| 3 | .03 | |||
| 1909 | 11 | .14 | 8.3 | |
| 7 | .09 | 4.3 | ||
| 7 | .10 | 6.5 | ||
| 11 | .l6 | 8.3 | ||
| 1905 | 85 | 4 | 4.7 | |
| 10 | .18 | 5.5 | ||
| 1903 | 95 | 14 | ||
| .17 | 9.3 |
As with Scarlet Fever, the number of cases notified
remains steady as compared with the three previous years.
The chant shews the number of cases during
the various months of the year and how there has
been no excessive incidence at any one period. There has
been nothing in the nature of an epidemic. The bacteriological
examination of the material from the throats and
noses of contacts is an easy and effective way of controlling
these and has been found of extreme service in numerous
instances. It does not follow, of course, because the specific