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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The total number of deaths of Ilford residents from the chief
infectious diseases during 1929 was 270, classified as follows:—
Enteric Fever -
Scarlet Fever 1
Diphtheria 16
Measles 2
Whooping Cough 9
Influenza 39
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary 74
,, Other forms 6
Pneumonia 112
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 7
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 1
Puerperal Fever 3
270
The following table shows a comparison of the incidence of the chief infectious diseases for the past five years:—
| No. of Cases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929. | 1928. | 1927. | 1926. | 1925. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 476 | 502 | 387 | 171 | 146 |
| Diphtheria | 305 | 260 | 187 | 148 | 56 |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 146 | 92 | 139 | 73 | 103 |
The attack-rates of certain infectious diseases per 1,000 of the population for the previous five years is seen from the following tables:—
| Year. | Population. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | b | a | b | a | b | a | b | |
| 1929 | 116,200 | 110,882 | 005 | 005 | 40 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 1928 | 113,500 | 108,285 | — | — | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 |
| 1927 | 108,310 | 103,168 | — | — | 3.5 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1926 | 100,500 | 95,359 | — | — | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1925 | 93,590 | 88,654 | — | — | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 1924 | 92,400 | 87,371 | — | — | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |