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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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Table: 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:—

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:—

19111912191319141915
No.Rate.No.Rate.No.Rate.No.Rate.No.Rate.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis49.6143.5551.6055.9074.92
Tubercular Meningitis8.1012.1515.186.0715.18
Tuberculosis (all other forms)13.1613.167.088.0912.14
19161917191819191920
No.Rate.No.Rate.No.Rate.No.Rate.No.Rate.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis64.80791.05821.1257.7142.50
Tubercular Meningitis9.107.097.0911.135.06
Tuberculosis (all other forms)10.1212.1510.1016.2011.13

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It is satisfactory to note that the influences of the war and
of the Influenza epidemics having been removed, the Tuberculosis
death-rate has now fallen below the low rate of 1912.
The precise influence of the Influenza epidemics on the
Tuberculosis population is difficult to define. No doubt a large
number of persons suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, being
particularly susceptible to Influenza, succumbed to that disease.
This will lower the Tuberculosis death-rate for some years to
come. On the other hand, a number of persons were made susceptible
to Tuberculosis, and have in fact acquired it after attacks
of Influenza with respiratory complications. This factor, together
with the present housing and transport difficulties and the high
cost of living, may be expected to add to the Tuberculosis population.
During 1920 a careful enquiry was made by the Sanitary
Inspectors into all cases of Tuberculosis that had been notified to
this department since 1912.