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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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Tuberculosis.
During the year 1919 there were 138 fresh notifications of
pulmonary tuberculosis and 41 of other forms of tuberculosis.
The following particulars as to the sex and age of notified cases of Tuberculosis are of interest:—
| Diseases. | Sex. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 years. | 5 to 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 to 55 years. | 55 to 65 years. | Over 65 years. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | M. | - | - | 7 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 10 | — | 82 |
| F | - | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 50 | |
| Tuberculosis (all other forms) | M. | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 22 |
| F. | - | 3 | 11 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | — | 20 | |
| Totals | 1 | 8 | 35 | 39 | 33 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 180 |
Cases notified from Institutions in the District:—
Claybury Mental Hospital.—Pulmonary Tuberculosis 13
Dr. Barnardio's Village Homes.—Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis (all other forms) 1
During 1919 there were 57 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis
and 27 from ether forms of tuberculosis.
The following Table shows the number of deaths from Tuberculosis of Ilford residents, together with the death rate for that disease per 1,000 living persons, during the last eight years.
| 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 43 | 55 | 51 | 6 | 55 | 90 | 74 | 92 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 07 | 15 | 18 |
| Tuberculosis (all other forms) | 13 | 16 | 7 | 08 | 8 | 09 | 12 | 14 |
| 1910 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | |||||
| No. | Hate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 04 | .80 | 79 | 1.05 | 82 | 1.12 | 57 | .71 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 9 | .10 | 7 | .09 | 7 | .09 | 11 | .13 |
| Tuberculosis (all other forms) | 10 | .12 | 12 | .15 | 10 | .10 | 10 | .20 |
It will be seen that there was a decline in the death-rate from
pulmonary tuberculosis in 1919 from the very heavy death rates of 1917
and 1918. There is no doubt the heavy rate in 1918 was influenced by
the epidemic of Influenza.