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Ilford 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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TABLE III.—Corrected Notifications of Infectious Diseases fob the Year 1953

NOTIFIABLE DISEASEAt all AgesNumber of Cases Notified At Ages—yearsTotal Cases Notified in each Ward*Total Cases Admitted to Hospital*Total Deaths
Under 11 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 4545 and under 6565 and upwardsCranbrookParkLoxfordClementswoodMayfieldGoodmayesFairlopClayhallBarkingsideN. HainaultSeven KingsS. Hainault
Smallpox----------------------
Scarlet Fever366-68284104--2146822233563451917432490-
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup---------------------
Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid)----------------------
Pneumonia219518297345670262215109152725151722169095
Puerperal Pyrexia571938155155
Acute Poliomyelitis173544112223221217
Acute-Encephalitis22112
Meningoccocal Infection311---1------2--1---31
Dysentery5221017613221611528103614
Ophthalmia Neonatorum-
Erysipelas334111353213486425
Pemphigus Neonatorum----
Tuberculosis Pulmonary15611038663561291791418101591514149727
Other Forms1817235-1111121431241
Anthrax-------------------
Malaria- Believed contracted in this country----------------------
Believed contracted abroad3---3----1--1-----1-3-
Acute Rheumatism614l-1111--25-
Measles1,2315166148216183143848261677026210317361596675-
Whooping Cough82053361393255l436598926649619346596484201
Food Poisoning341524111011321-32135-135-
Typhus Fever-------
Totals3,0171131,13011,238110209l3185279234225195184203436304290234211221485125

* Included in the figures in these columns are eases notified in previous years as well as 1953.