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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1915.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | 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 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 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) | 128 | ... | 25 | 79 | 10 | 14 | ... | ... | 10 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 27 | 101 |
| Erysipelas | 40 | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 224 | 1 | 24 | 150 | 36 | 12 | 1 | ... | 15 | 43 | 29 | 11 | 43 | 57 | 26 | 182 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro spinal Fever | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 114 | ... | 2 | 15 | 23 | 54 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 29 | 8 | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 54 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | ... | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 8 | ... |
| Totals | 12 | 67 | 270 | 84 | 104 | 40 | 6 | 50 | 92 | 73 | 46 | 98 | 151 | 73 | 290 | |
| Isolation Hospital and Sanatorium, Grove Road, Chadwell Health. | ||||||||||||||||