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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Table VII.
Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases among School-Children, and of Contacts of such Cases, excluded from School Attendance during the Year ended the 31st December, 1924.
| SCHOOLS. | Number on Roll. | DISEASES AND CONTACTS | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. and German Measles. | Chicken Pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Enteric Fever. | Ring-worm. | Totals. 1924. | Totals 1923. | |||||||||||
| Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Conflicts | ||
| Barkingside | 309 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 17 | 9 | 4 |
| Becontree | 471 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 23 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 85 | 28 | 48 | 12 |
| Chadwell | 221 | - | 1 | — | 2 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 3 |
| Christchurch | 1045 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 121 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 180 | 50 | 183 | |
| Cleveland Road | 1202 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 109 | 65 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 138 | 103 | 80 | 37 |
| Downshall | 1245 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 107 | 30 | 340 | 85 | |
| Goodmayes | 1336 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 61 | 17 | 9 | 8 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 81 | 39 | 122 | 88 |
| Highlands | 870 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 126 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 172 | 49 | 136 | 60 |
| Little Heath | 120 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 17 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 12 | 72 | 16 |
| Loxford | 876 | 12 | 12 | - | 4 | 114 | 37 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 51 | - | 1 | - | - | 208 | 57 | 108 | 33 |
| Newbury Park | 511 | 6 | 12 | - | - | 69 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 82 | 29 | 13 | 3 |
| Roman Catholic | 406 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 12 | - | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | 79 | 15 | 33 | 12 |
| South Park | 1155 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 107 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 166 | 49 | 95 | 46 |
| Uphall | 796 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 83 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 147 | 80 | 125 | 63 |
| Valentines | 130 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| County High School | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | 6 |
| Private Schools | — | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 16 | 8 | 11 |
| Totals | 10693 | 85 | 115 | 28 | 59 | 1026 | 332 | 182 | 70 | 161 | 35 | 120 | 3 | 1 - | 10 | 1613 | 614 | 1376 | 563 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica—Loxford School, 1 contact.
Influenza From 11th February to 31st May, 1924, 835 cases of school children reported as suffering from Influenza were
notified to me by the Head Teachers of the various departments of the Public Elementary Schools.
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