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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE II.- C ases of Infectious D iseases N otified during the Y ear 1931.
| 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 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 218 | 1 | 41 | 131 | 28 | 16 | 1 | - | 13 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 23 | 50 | 20 | 51 | 182 |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 201 | 1 | 26 | 104 | 36 | 28 | 6 | - | 13 | 14 | 20 | 51 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 35 | 181 |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para Typhoid) | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | - | 1 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 107 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 17 |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | - | — | — | 1 | 14 | - | — | 2 | - | - | 9 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 10 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | -_ | 1 | 10 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | -_ | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 55 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 10 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 150 | - | - | 5 | 39 | 77 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 29 | - |
| Other Forms | 39 | - | 5 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | — |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria—Believed to be contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed to be contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 841 | 30 | 99 | 270 | 130 | 190 | 94 | 28 | 50 | 46 | 84 | 198 | 82 | 110 | 85 | 186 | 435 |