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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE III.— corrected N otifications of I nfectious D isf.ases for the Y ear 1958
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | At all Ages | Number of Cases Notified At Ages—years | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | *Totai 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 | 221 | - | 38 | 180 | 3 | - | - | - | 31 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 23 | - |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 141 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 52 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 99 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 54 | - | - | - | 21 | 33 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 1 | 1 | 53 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis. | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Acute-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningoccocal Infection | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Dysentery | 76 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 11 | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 18 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 93 | 1 | - | 8 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | - | 9 |
| Other Forms | 13 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria—Believed contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| cute Rheumatism | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Measles | 241 | 2 | 108 | 130 | 1 | - | - | - | 19 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 66 | 13 | 31 | 4 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 56 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 29 | - | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 957 | 15 | 195 | 378 | 76 | 106 | 110 | 77 | 92 | 80 | 49 | 61 | 43 | 48 | 81 | 124 | 89 | 160 | 55 | 69 | 177 | 110 |
| * Included in the figures in these columns are cases notified in previous years as well as 1958. | ||||||||||||||||||||||