[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

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The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour, and are in respect of Ilford residents only :—

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Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List) :—

	Deaths.		Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births
	1940	1939	1940	1939

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Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:—

	1940	1939

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The death-rate, calculated on the net estimate of the population of 144,654 is 10.6 per 1,000.

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Death-Rates from Tuberculosis and Cancer, 1940.

	Ilford	England and Wales

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TABLE I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District During 1940 and Previous Years

Year	Gross Population estimated to Middle of each Year	Net Population estimated to Middle of each Year (a)	Births			Total Deaths Registered in the District		Transferable Deaths		Net Deaths Belonging to the District
			Uncorrected Number	Net (b)		Total Deaths Registered in the District				Under 1 Year of Aee		At all Ages
			Uncorrected Number	Number	Rate (c)	Number	Rate (d)	of Non-Residents registered in the District	of Residents not registered in the District	Number	Rate per _c1,000 Net Births	Number	Rate (e)

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TABLE 1A Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1940 (Provisional figures).

	Rate per 1,000 Total Population		Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population								Rate per 1,000 Live Births
	Rate per 1,000 Total Population		All Causes	Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers	Smallpox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Whooping Cough	Diphtheria	Influenza	Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs.)	Total Deaths under 1 Year
	Live Births	Stillbirths	All Causes	Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers	Smallpox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Whooping Cough	Diphtheria	Influenza	Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs.)	Total Deaths under 1 Year

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The following is the Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and Causes:— TABLE II Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1940

Causes of Death	Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the District
Causes of Death	All Ages	Under 1 year	1 and under 2 years	2 and under 5 years	5 and under 15 years	15 and under 25 years	25 and under 35 years	35 and under 45 years	45 and under 55 years	55 and under 65 years	65 and under 75 years	75 years and upwards
ALL CAUSES	1541	63	7	13	21	43	81	121	169	233	369	421

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(iii) Sanitary Inspection of the Area.—The following is a summary of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year :—

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*Includes 169 nuisances detected before 1st January, 1940. Complaints .—During the year, 742 complaints of nuisances have been received and investigated.

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(iii) Sampling.—The routine practice of sampling was given in the 1938 Report, the following gives the results:—

Grade of milk or ice cream	Total	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Remarks

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TABLE III-C ases of I nfectious D iseases N otified during the Y ear 1940 SECTION F-PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL, OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE	At all Ages	Number of Cases Notified At Ages-years							Total Cases Notified in each Ward									Total Cases Admitted to Hospital.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE	At all Ages	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	Barkingside	North Hainault	Loxford	Clementswood	South Hainault	Goodmayes	Total Cases Admitted to Hospital.

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The following "return" cases have occurred during the past five years, a "return" case being one which arises within 28 days of the freedom of the primary case from isolation:—

Year	Cases notified (including Institutions)	Admitted to Ilford Isolation Hospital	"Return" Hospital Cases	Per Cent.	Home Cases	Cases arising in same house	Per Cent.

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Tabular Statement as to Number of Children Schick Tested and Immunised at the Diphtheria Clinics from 1st January, 1940, to 31st December, 1940.

	Newbury Hall Clinic			Mayesbrook Clinic			Grand Totals Both Clinics
	School Children (Various Schools)	Children under 5 years of age	Total	School Children (Various Schools)	Children under 5 years of age	Total	Grand Totals Both Clinics

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Of the 6 cases notified, 5 were treated at home by private medical practitioners, and 1 was treated as an out-patient at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital.

Cases			Vision Unimpaired	Vision Impaired	Total Blindness	Deaths
Notified	Treated
Notified	At Home	In Hospital

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Table showing Incidence op Infectious Disease, 1940, in age groups; and total Deaths.

Disease	Total cases notified	Under 1 year	1-2	2-3	3-4	4-5	5-10	10-15	15-20	20-35	35-45	45-65	Over 65	* Cases admitted to Hospital	Total Deaths

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Notifications and Deaths from Tuberculosis of Ilford residents during 1940 :

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Respiratory		Non-Respiratory
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Of the above new cases, the following were notified from Institutions in the district:—

	Respiratory Tuberculosis	Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis

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During the year 1940 the following deaths occurred from Tuberculosis:—

	Pulmonary	Non-Pulmonary

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Cases of Tuberculosis, on notification, are visited by the Tuberculosis Nurse of the Essex County Council. 750 of the cases of longer standing were visited by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year, a visit being made to each patient every six months. The following reports were obtained:—

	Pulmonary Cases	Other Cases

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The number of patients from Ilford sent to Institutions under the Essex County Tuberculosis Scheme during 1940 was as follows:—

	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Total

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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises (1)	Number of
Premises (1)	Inspections (2)	Written Notices (3)	Occupiers prosecuted (4)

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2.-DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES.

Particulars	Number of Defects			No. of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted
Particulars	Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector

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4.—OTHER MATTERS.

Class (1)		Number (2)

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The figures in brackets represent cases admitted from Barking. Number of patients in Hospital on 1st January, 1940 and 1941 respectively:—

	1st Jan., 1940	1st Jan., 1941

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Infant Mortality.

Cause of Death	Under 1 week	1-2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months	3 months and under 6 months	6 months and under 9 months	9 months and under 12 months	Total Deaths under 1 year

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Ante-Natal Clinics. The following attendances were recorded at the respective Ante-Natal Clinics:—

				Matenity Home	Mayesbrook Clinic

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The parents of all the children at the three Camps were circularised as to their willingness, for the children to be immunised against diphtheria and/or scarlet fever, and the following table shows the number of children inoculated by the Council's Medical Officers during November and December :—

Camp.	No. on Roli.	No. of consents.		No. inoculated.
Camp.	No. on Roli.	Diphtheria.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria	Scarlet Fever.

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As an index to the incidence of illness at the three Camps, the following information for the period 1 st October, 1940, to 31 st March, 1941, is of interest :—

	Camp Hospital or Isolation Block.		Infectious Diseases Hospitals.
	No. of children admitted.	No. of in-patient days.	No. of children admitted.	No. of in-patient days.

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5. Infectious Disease .—The following table shows the incidence of infectious diseases in the Ilford schools since 1935:—

	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Measles and German Measles	Chicken Pox.	Mumps.	Whooping Cough.	Small Pox.

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Diphtheria Prevention Clinics. —The following shows the work carried out at Valentines (51 sessions) and Mayesbrook (52 sessions) Clinics for children of school age during 1940:—

	Valentines.		Mayesbrook.

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Result of final Schick test in 1940 of cases inoculated in 1939:

	Valentines.	Mayesbrook.

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Ringworm :—

	No. of cases at beginning of 1940.	No. of cases reported during 1940.	Total.	Remedied during 1940.	No. of cases under observation at end of 1940.

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7. Medical Treatment. (a) Minor Ailment Clinics.-The attendance during 1940 were as follows:-

	Newbury Hall	Mavesbrook

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The amount of dental disease present in children at various ages is shown by the following table relating to school children inspected by the school Dentists :—

Age groups (in years)	No. of inspections of children	No. referred for treatment.	Percentage.

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AURAL CLINIC.

Nature of Disease	Still under treatment		Recommended Hospital treatment		Discharged as cured		Discharged as improved		Discharged as no treatment required		Discharged as left district		Discharged as left school		Treatment refused by Parent		Evacuated		Total
Nature of Disease	New	Old	New	Old	New	Old	New	Old	New	Old	New	Old	New	Old	New	Old	New	Old	New	Old

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The School Nurses paid 93 visits to the schools (an average of 4 visits to each school during the year), for the purpose of inspecting the heads and clothing of the children, with the following result:—

Number of Examinations of Children.	Number Infected.	Per cent.

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The percentages for the past 5 years were as follows:—

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Table Showing the Principal Causes of Death among Children of School Age (i.e., from 6—15 years, in England and Wales during 1938, compared with those in Ilford for 1938 and 1939. The Table also gives a Comparative Percentage of Deaths registered at all Ages, from 5—15 years.

Disease	England and Wales, Percentage of total deaths (all ages)		Ilford, Percentage of total deaths (all ages)		England and Wales, Percentage of total deaths at ages 5—15		Ilford, Percentage of total deaths at ages 5—16
	1938	1939	1938	1939	1938	1939	1938	1939

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Table I.—Return of Medical Inspections. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.

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Table II. A.—Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

Age Groups	No. of Children Inspected	A. (Excellent)		B. (Normal)		C. (Slightly Subnormal)		D. (Bad)
Age Groups	No. of Children Inspected	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%

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Table III. Group I. Treatment of Minor Ailments. (Excluding Uncleanliness), for which see Table V.

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Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Defect or Disease (1)	No. of Defects dealt with
Defect or Disease (1)	Under the Authority's Scheme (2)	Otherwise (3)	Total (4)

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Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects

Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (1)	By Private Practitioner or Hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme (2)	Received other forms of Treatment (3)	Total Number treated (4)

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Table IV.— Dental Inspection and Treatment. (1) Number of Children inspected by the Dentists:— (a) Routine Age Groups—

Age	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total

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Table V.— Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.

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T able VI. Blind and Deaf Children.

	(1) At a Public Elementary School	(2) At an Institution other than a Special School	(3) At no School or Institution	(4) Total not receiving suitable Education

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Table VI. A.—Table Showing the Average Heights and Weights of the BOYS Examined.

School	AgeGroups												AgeGroups
	5—6 Years			6—7 Years			7—8 Years			8—9 Years			9—10 Years			10—11 Years			11—12 Years			12—13 Years			13—14 Years
	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)

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Table VI. B.—Table showing the Average Heights and Weights of the GIRLS Examined.

School	Age Groups												Age Groups
	5—6 Years			6—7 Years			7—8 Years			8—9 Years			9—10 Years			10—11 Years			11—12 Years			12—13 Years			13—14 Years
	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight ' (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)	Number of Children Examined	Average Height (in Centimetres)	Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)

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Table VII.—Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases among School Children, and of Contacts of such Cases, excluded from School Attendance during the Year ended the 31st December, 1940.

SCHOOLS	No. on Roll	DISEASES AND CONTACTS
		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Measles & German Measles		Chicken-pox		Whooping Cough		Mumps	Totals, 1940		Totals, 1939
		Cases	Contacts	Cases	Contacts	Cases	Contacts	Cases	Contacts	Cases	Contacts	Cases	Cases	Contacts	Cases	Contacts

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SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour, and are in respect of Ilford residents only :—

Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List) :—

Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:—

The death-rate, calculated on the net estimate of the population of 144,654 is 10.6 per 1,000.

Death-Rates from Tuberculosis and Cancer, 1940.

TABLE I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District During 1940 and Previous Years

TABLE 1A Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1940 (Provisional figures).

The following is the Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and Causes:— TABLE II Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1940

(iii) Sanitary Inspection of the Area.—The following is a summary of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year :—

*Includes 169 nuisances detected before 1st January, 1940. Complaints .—During the year, 742 complaints of nuisances have been received and investigated.

(iii) Sampling.—The routine practice of sampling was given in the 1938 Report, the following gives the results:—

TABLE III-C ases of I nfectious D iseases N otified during the Y ear 1940 SECTION F-PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL, OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

The following "return" cases have occurred during the past five years, a "return" case being one which arises within 28 days of the freedom of the primary case from isolation:—

Tabular Statement as to Number of Children Schick Tested and Immunised at the Diphtheria Clinics from 1st January, 1940, to 31st December, 1940.

Of the 6 cases notified, 5 were treated at home by private medical practitioners, and 1 was treated as an out-patient at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital.

Table showing Incidence op Infectious Disease, 1940, in age groups; and total Deaths.

Notifications and Deaths from Tuberculosis of Ilford residents during 1940 :

Of the above new cases, the following were notified from Institutions in the district:—

During the year 1940 the following deaths occurred from Tuberculosis:—

Cases of Tuberculosis, on notification, are visited by the Tuberculosis Nurse of the Essex County Council. 750 of the cases of longer standing were visited by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year, a visit being made to each patient every six months. The following reports were obtained:—

The number of patients from Ilford sent to Institutions under the Essex County Tuberculosis Scheme during 1940 was as follows:—

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

2.-DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES.

4.—OTHER MATTERS.

The figures in brackets represent cases admitted from Barking. Number of patients in Hospital on 1st January, 1940 and 1941 respectively:—

Infant Mortality.

Ante-Natal Clinics. The following attendances were recorded at the respective Ante-Natal Clinics:—

The parents of all the children at the three Camps were circularised as to their willingness, for the children to be immunised against diphtheria and/or scarlet fever, and the following table shows the number of children inoculated by the Council's Medical Officers during November and December :—

As an index to the incidence of illness at the three Camps, the following information for the period 1 st October, 1940, to 31 st March, 1941, is of interest :—

5. Infectious Disease .—The following table shows the incidence of infectious diseases in the Ilford schools since 1935:—

Diphtheria Prevention Clinics. —The following shows the work carried out at Valentines (51 sessions) and Mayesbrook (52 sessions) Clinics for children of school age during 1940:—

Result of final Schick test in 1940 of cases inoculated in 1939:

Ringworm :—

7. Medical Treatment. (a) Minor Ailment Clinics.-The attendance during 1940 were as follows:-

The amount of dental disease present in children at various ages is shown by the following table relating to school children inspected by the school Dentists :—

AURAL CLINIC.

The School Nurses paid 93 visits to the schools (an average of 4 visits to each school during the year), for the purpose of inspecting the heads and clothing of the children, with the following result:—

The percentages for the past 5 years were as follows:—

Table Showing the Principal Causes of Death among Children of School Age (i.e., from 6—15 years, in England and Wales during 1938, compared with those in Ilford for 1938 and 1939. The Table also gives a Comparative Percentage of Deaths registered at all Ages, from 5—15 years.

Table I.—Return of Medical Inspections. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.

Table II. A.—Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

Table III. Group I. Treatment of Minor Ailments. (Excluding Uncleanliness), for which see Table V.

Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects

Table IV.— Dental Inspection and Treatment. (1) Number of Children inspected by the Dentists:— (a) Routine Age Groups—

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Table V.— Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.

T able VI. Blind and Deaf Children.

Table VI. A.—Table Showing the Average Heights and Weights of the BOYS Examined.

Table VI. B.—Table showing the Average Heights and Weights of the GIRLS Examined.

Table VII.—Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases among School Children, and of Contacts of such Cases, excluded from School Attendance during the Year ended the 31st December, 1940.