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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Small-Pox.
No case was notified during the year. The Vaccination
Officer informs me that 744 primary vaccinations were performed
during the year. Less than 50% therefore of the
children born were vaccinated. I have again to call attention
to this unsatisfactory state of affairs, feeling that it can only
be a matter of time before the inevitable Small-Pox epidemic
occurs. It is to be hoped that this calamity may be postponed
until our other national misfortunes have arrived at a
happy solution.
Scarlet Fever.
224 cases of this disease were notified during the year.
The type of the disease continued to be a mild one.
Diphtheria.
128 cases of this disease were notified.
The other cases of notifiable disease are summarised in the appended Table II., and call for no comment.
Ages and Sex of notified cases of Tuberculosis.
| Diseases. | Sex. | Under 1 year | 1 to 5 years. | 5 to 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 to 55 years. | 55 to 65 years. | Over 05 years. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | M | - | - | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 7 | - | 53 |
| F | — | 2 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 61 | |
| Tuberculosis (all other forms) | M | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | — | 27 |
| F | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 28 | |
| 5 | 13 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 169 |