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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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The attack-rates of certain infectious diseases per 1,000 of the population as compared with 1922 and 1921 is seen from the undermentioned figures:—
| Year | Population | Small Pox | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | b | a | b | a | b | a | b | |
| 1923 | 89,020 | 83,757 | — | — | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1922 | 86,370 | 81,240 | — | — | 2 9 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 1921 | 85,500 | 80,116 | - | - | 5.4 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| Year | Population | Enteric Fever | Puerperal Fever | Erysipelas | ||||
| 1923 | 89,020 | 83,757 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| 1922 | 86,370 | 81,240 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1921 | 85,500 | 80,116 | 0.2 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
(a) Including all Institutions. (b) Excluding all Institutions.
(a) Small-pox.— No case of Small-pox occurred in 1923.
Notifications of 8 persons who had been in contact with cases of
Small-pox were received.
The following gives particulars as to vaccinations during
1923:—
Certificates of Successful Vaccinations 1290
Postponed 134
Conscientious Objections 526
Unsuccessful Vaccinations 8
Left the District 134
Small-pox Hospital Accommodation.— Vide Annual Report,
1922.
(b) Scarlet Fever.—131 cases were notified in 1923, as compared
with 252 in 1922, and 461 in 1921. Of the 131, 7 cases
occurred in the Girls' Village Homes, Barkingside, with no
deaths. One death only occurred from scarlet fever in the Isolation
Hospital.