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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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 136 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | - | 109 | - |
| Diphtheria | 92 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 3 | - | 89 | 5 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 28 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 23 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 159 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 47 | 27 | 100 | 61 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 38 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 16 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 43 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 13 | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria believed to be contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria believed to be contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Rheumatism | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Measles | 479 | 16 | 34 | 35 | 24 | 26 | 233 | 27 | 42 | 23 | - | - | - | 13 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 129 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 58 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 | - |
* Excludes cases occurring at Barnardo's Homes, Claybury Mental Hospital and West Ham Mental Hospital.