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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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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. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Small pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 136 | 33 | 65 | 11 | 1 | - | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 111 | |||
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 92 | 1 | 30 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 3 | - | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 91 |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid | - | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Pneumonia | 159 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 47 | ?7 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 16 | - | 109 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 50 | - | - | - | 12 | 38 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 49 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - _ | - _ | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | _- | 1 | 3 | 18 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - _ | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - _ |
| Erysipelas | 43 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 19 | |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 177 | - | 1 | - | 49 | 79 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 29 | 19 | - | ||
| Other Forms Anthrax ... | 41 | - | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 - | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | - | |||
| Malaria-Believed to be contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed to be contracted abroad ... Acute Rheumatism | 12 | - | 1 | 10 | 1 | - - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 1 | ||
| Measles Whooping Cough Food Poisoning............ | 477 129 3 | 16 6 | 119 63 | 258 58 | 61 1 1 | 23 1 1 | - | 1 | 7 4 | 96 15 | 18 3 | 40 53 1 | 100 46 1 | 57 2 | 72 3 1 | 49 | 38 3 | 33 7 |
| Totals | 1376 | 55 | 284 | 450 | 195 | 236 | 108 | 48 | 64 | 168 | 71 | 214 |300 | 115 | 148 | 132 | 164 | 480 | |