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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1912.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Cranbrook Ward. | Park Ward. | Seven Kings Ward. | North Hainault Ward. | Loxford Ward. | Clementswood Ward. | South Hainault Ward. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 139 | 2 | 30 | 87 | 9 | 11 | ... | ... | 5 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 22 | 98 |
| Erysipelas | 57 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 1 | 39 | 225 | 14 | 7 | ... | ... | 48 | 33 | 35 | 15 | 60 | 36 | 58 | 217 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 173 | 1 | ... | 33 | 44 | 70 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 44 | 26 | 34 | 14 | ... |
| Totals | 666 | 5 | 73 | 355 | 78 | 109 | 34 | 12 | 75 | 85 | 85 | 89 | 111 | 122 | 99 | 320 |