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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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3. Tuberculosis.- During the year 1920 there were 101
fresh notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 31 of other
forms of Tuberculosis.
The following table shows the cases notified during 1920, classified according to age and sex:-
| Diseases. | Sex. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 years. | 5 to 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 to 55 years. | 55 to 65 years. | Over 65 years. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | M. | - | - | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 52 |
| F | - | - | 5 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 49 | |
| Tuberculosis (all other forms) | M | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 11 |
| F. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 20 | |
| Totals | 1 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 132 |
Of the above the following were notified from Institutions in
the district:—
Claybury Mental Hospital—Pulmonary Tuberculosis 8
Ur. Barnardo's Village Homes—Pulmonary Tuberculosis 6
Tuberculosis (all other forms) 10
During the year 1920 the following deaths occurred from
Tuberculosis:—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis for district proper (including
5 in Barnardo's Homes) 43
Claybury Mental Hospital 34
West Ham Mental Hospital 17
Ilford Isolation Hospital and Sanatorium 0
Tubercular Meningitis for district proper (including 1 in
Barnardo's Homes and 1 in Emergency Hospital) 5
Tuberculosis (all other forms) for district proper 11
Claybury Mental Hospital 4
West Ham Mental Hospital 1
The following table shows the number of deaths from Tuberculosis
of Ilford residents, together with the death-rate for that
disease per 1,000 living persons, during the last ten years:—