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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1929.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | At all Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. At Ages—years. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Cranbrook | Park | Seven Kings | North Hainault | Loxford | Clementswood | South Hainault | Goodmayes | |||
| Smallpox | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 476 | 1 | 64 | 333 | 51 | 23 | 4 | - | 44 | 44 | 52 | 68 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 138 | 298 |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 305 | 2 | 46 | 218 | 17 | 18 | 4 | - | 12 | 27 | 18 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 155 | 282 |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para Typhoid) | 12 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | _ | 10 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 146 | 9 | 3? | 14 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 65 | 19 |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 49 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 97 | — | — | 4 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 30 | — |
| Other Forms | 46 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 10 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria—Believed to be contracted in this | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed to be contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 1166 | 19 | 154 | 596 | 125 | 166 | 76 | 30 | 86 | 108 | 97 | 169 | 102 | 89 | 100 | 415 | 629 |