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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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TABLE II.— Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1923.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | At all Ages | Number of Cases Notified. At Ages—years. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Seven Kings | North Hainault | Loxford | Clementswood | South Hainault | |||
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 131 | 1 | 23 | 90 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 45 | 116 |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 131 | - | 26 | 74 | 16 | 14 | 1 | - | 7 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 67 | 115 |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para Typhoid) | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 29 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 10 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | — | 1 |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 29 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 10 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 | - | 28 | — | — | — | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 21 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — |
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 106 | — | — | 10 | 21 | 48 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 21 | 23 | — |
| Other Forms | 25 | — | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Anthrax | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Malaria—Believed to be contracted in this Country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Believed to be contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 499 | 13 | 56 | 192 | 68 | 105 | 52 | 13 | 37 | 39 | 50 | 91 | 53 | 68 | 161 | 246 |