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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: The total number of deaths of Ilford residents from the chief infectious diseases during 1930 was 176, classified as follows:-

The total number of deaths of Ilford residents from the chief infectious diseases during 1930 was 176, classified as follows:-

Enteric Fever-
Scarlet Fever1
Diphtheria12
Measles9
Whooping Cough2
Influenza11
Tuberculosis-Pulmonary61
„ Other forms8
Pneumonia59
Diarrhoea (under 2 years)9
Cerebro-Spinal Fever2
Puerperal Fever2
176

Table: The following table shows a comparison of the incidence of the chief infectious diseases for the past five years:-

The following table shows a comparison of the incidence of the chief infectious diseases for the past five years:-

1930.No. of Cases.1926.
1929.1928.1927.
Scarlet Fever287476502387171
Diphtheria330305260187148
Enteric Fever111230116
Pneumonia691469213973

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(a) Smallpox.—Twenty-five cases of this disease were notified, of which the
following is a brief summary:—
(a) An unvaccinated woman, aged 26 years, was removed to King
George Hospital from an address in Dagenham on the 8th January, with
acute abdominal trouble and influenza. I was called in to see this patient
on the 13th January and diagnosed the case as one of Smallpox. The
patient was removed to Orsett Smallpox Hospital on the same day. The
ward was placed in quarantine and thorough disinfection at the hospital
was carried out. There were 55 direct contacts and 146 indirect contacts
of this case. Fortunately all the patients in the same ward had been
vaccinated, some on several occasions. Vaccination of contacts was
carried out at the hospital. No further cases occurred.
(b) Five cases, all male adults, were notified from Claybury Mental
Hospital (3 on the 10th April and 2 on the 16th April). 6 Ilford contacts
were kept under observation. No further cases occurred.