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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE II.-Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1930.
| 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 | 25 | - | - | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 7 | - | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| Scarlet Fever | 287 | 2 | 42 | 186 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 38 | 47 | 66 | 29 | 19 | 29 | 43 | 192 |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 330 | 2 | 59 | 219 | 28 | 19 | 3 | - | 14 | 43 | 32 | 40 | 22 | 28 | 30 | 121 | 300 |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para Typhoid) | 11 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| Pneumonia | 69 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 19 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 10 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Erysipelas | 59 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis-Pulmonary | 125 | - | 1 | 4 | 32 | 66 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | - |
| Other Forms | 37 | - | 5 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria-Believed to be contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed to be contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 974 | 17 | 126 | 447 | 123 | 171 | 70 | 20 | 56 | 111 | 106 | 192 | 90 | 86 | 93 | 240 | 562 |