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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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SECTION F.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
TABLE III-Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1942
| 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 | |||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 425 | 1 | 68 | 320 | 13 | 22 | 1 | - | 12 | 11 | 24 | 68 | 51 | 36 | 57 | 87 | 79 | 335 |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 39 | - | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 37 |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 192 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 126 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 37 | - | - | - | 7 | 30 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 34 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 69 | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 225 | - | 2 | 7 | 60 | 104 | 47 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 39 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | - |
| Other Forms | 37 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria-Believed to be contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed to be contracted abroad | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Rheumatism | 14 | - | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Measles | 1614 | 46 | 529 | 1016 | 16 | 7 | - | - | 113 | 23 | 171 | 341 | 164 | 199 | 117 | 231 | 255 | 19 |
| Whooping Cough | 417 | 26 | 175 | 204 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 79 | 24 | 26 | 87 | 79 | 23 | 22 | 41 | 36 | 22 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 3109 | 104 | 827 | 1626 | 139 | 251 | 125 | 37 | 261 | 109 | 278 | 619 | 392 | 314 | 250 | 424 | 462 | 623 |