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Ilford 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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SECTION IV.—PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
1. Infectious Disease Generally.—During 1924, 536
cases were notified, as compared with 499 in 1923.
The following diseases are notifiable to the Medical Officer
of Health:—
Small-pox. Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Cholera. Plague.
Diphtheria. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Membranous Croup. Tuberculosis.
Erysipelas. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia,
Scarlatina or Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Scarlet Fever. Dysentery (including amcebic
Typhus Fever. and bacillary dysentery).
Typhoid Fever. Malaria.
Enteric Fever. Trench Fever.
Relapsing Fever. Acute Poliomyelitis.
Continued Fever. Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Puerperal Fever. Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
Anthrax.
In addition to the above infectious diseases notifiable to the
Medical Officer of Health, certain industrial diseases are notifiable
to the Home Office. These are cases of lead, phosphorus,
arsenical, or mineral poisoning, anthrax, toxic jaundice, epitheliomatous
or chronic ulceration contracted in any factory or workshop.
Table II. shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified during 1924, arranged according to age and distributed in wards. Of these 58 occurred in institutions as follows:-
| Claybury Mental Hospital:— | ||
| Pneumonia | 19 | cases. |
| Dysentery | 8 | cases. |
| Erysipelas | 1 | case. |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 8 | cases. |
| Diphtheria | 1 | case. |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | case. |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | cases. |
| 40 | cases. | |
| Dr. Barnardo's Girls' Village Homes:— | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | cases. |
| Diphtheria | 4 | cases. |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 5 | cases. |
| ” Other forms | 2 | cases. |
| Erysipelas | 1 | case. |
| 14 | casea. | |