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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 92.7 |
| Enteric Fever | 60.0 |
| Puerperal Fever | 71.4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 44.4 |
| Cerebro- Spinal Fever | 50.0 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 100.0 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 50.0 |
| Anthrax | 100.0 |
The total number of deaths of Ilford residents from the chief infectious diseases during- 1923 is 147, classified as follows:—
| Enteric Fever | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 5 |
| Measles | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 |
| Influenza | 11 |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 55 |
| „ Other forms | 12 |
| Pneumonia | 42 |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 9 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 |
| 147 |
The following table shows a comparison of the incidence of the chief infectious diseases in 1923 with that of 1922 and 1921:—
| No. of Cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923. | 1922. | 1921. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 131 | 252 | 467 |
| Diphtheria | 131 | 182 | 187 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Pneumonia | 29 | 70 | 49 |