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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE III.—Corrected Notifications of Infectious Diseases for the Year 1951.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | At all Ages | Number of Cases Notified At Ages—years | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | *Total Cases Admitted to Hospital | *Total Deaths | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Loxford | Clementswood | Mayfield | Goodmayes | Fairlop | Clayhall | Barkingside | N. Hainault | Seven Kings | S. Hainault | ||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 278 | 2 | 57 | 207 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 16 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 31 | 70 | 116 | - |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid | 6 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | - |
| Pneumonia | 225 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 38 | 59 | 73 | 15 | 30 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 29 | 89 | 74 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 64 | - | - | - | 20 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 51 | - | 2 | 63 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Acute-Encephalitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 126 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 6 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 31 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 211 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 97 | 39 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 32 | 149 | 38 |
| Other Forms | 28 | — | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 3 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria—Believed contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Rheumatism | 10 | - | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | - |
| Measles | 2,985 | 60 | 1,519 | 1,382 | 15 | 9 | — | — | 302 | 138 | 256 | 220 | 274 | 157 | 512 | 292 | 220 | 242 | 141 | 231 | 22 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1,026 | 77 | 528 | 405 | 5 | 11 | — | — | 55 | 35 | 63 | 81 | 97 | 66 | 138 | 137 | 69 | 95 | 86 | 104 | 6 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 19 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 6 | — |
| Totals | 5,017 | 154 | 2,171 | 2,064 | 140 | 242 | 152 | 94 | 415 | 236 | 364 | 359 | 429 | 312 | 771 | 512 | 363 | 457 | 320 | 479 | 494 | 121 |
*Included in the figures in these columns are cases notified in previous years as well as 1951.