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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths registered were as follows:—
| Small Pox | _ |
| Measles | S |
| Scarlett Fever | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 6 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 |
| Diarrhœa | 5 |
| Total | 24 |
This gives a Zymotic death-rate for 19'19 of .31 per 1000
of the population. This appears to be the lowest Zymotic deathrate
so far recorded for this district.
The Zymotic death-rate for the previous five years was as
under :—
1914 35 per 1,000
1915 82 do.
1916 45 do.
1917 93 do.
1918 42 do.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
During 1919, 1,770 cases were notified, as compared with
900 in 1918.
Table II. shows the number of cases of infectious disease
notified during 1919, arranged according tc age and distributed
in Wards. Of these the following occurred in institution:—
Cases of Infectious Disease Occurring in Institutions
in the District During the Year, 1919.
Clayburv Mental Hospital—
Enteric Fever 6 case>.
Erysipelas 6 ,,
Pneumonia 6 ,,
Dysentery 22 ,,