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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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The attack-rates of certain infectious diseases per 1,000 of the population as compared with 1923 and 1922 is seen from the undermentioned figures:—
| Year | Population | Small Pox | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | b | a | b | a | b | a | b | |
| 1924 | 92,400 | 87,371 | — | — | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 1923 | 89,020 | 83,757 | — | — | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1922 | 86,370 | 81,240 | — | — | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Year | Population | Enteric Fever | Puerperal Fever | Erysipelas | ||||
| a | b | a | b | a | b | a | b | |
| 1924 | 92,400 | 87,371 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.44 | 0.47 |
| 1923 | 89,020 | 83,757 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| 1922 | 80,370 | 81,240 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
(a) Including all Institutions. (b) Excluding all Institutions.
(a) Small-pox.—No case of Small-pox occurred in 1924.
Notifications of 13 persons who had been in contact with cases of
Small-pox were received.
The following gives particulars as to vaccinations during
1924:—
Certificates of Successful Vaccinations 932
Postponed 112
Conscientious Objections 504
Unsuccessful Vaccinations 8
Left the District 114
Small-pox Hospital Accommodation.—Vide Annual Report,
1922.
(b) Scarlet Fever.—157 cases were notified in 1924, as compared
with 131 in 1923, 252 in 1922, and 461 in 1921. Of the 157,
2 cases occurred in the Girls' Village Homes, Barkingside. No
deaths from Scarlet Fever occurred in Ilford in 1924.