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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE II.-C ases of I nfectious D iseases N otified during the Y ear 1935.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | At all Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. At Ages-years. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Admitted to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Cranbrook | Park | Seven Kings | Barkingside | North Hainault | Loxford | Clementswood | South Hainaultj | Goodmayes | |||
| Smallpox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 357 | 4 | 55 | 226 | 33 | 38 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 42 | 37 | 65 | 23 | 38 | 41 | 71 | 297 (a) | |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup.. | 189 | 3 | 26 | 119 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 31 | 27 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 185 (b) | |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | 16 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 15 (c) |
| Pneumonia | 69 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 37 (d) |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 16 | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | 12 (e) |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | _ | _ | - | 1 (f) |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ||||||||||||||||||
| Continued Fever | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 29 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | 27 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 29 (g) |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 (h) | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | 52 | 1 | i | 1 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 (i) |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Tuberculosis-Pulmonary Other Forms | 130 36 | _ | 5 | 3 12 | 27 10 | 70 8 | 28 1 | 2 | 16 1 | 16 4 | 16 3 | 8 3 | 14 9 | 9 5 | 16 2 | 22 3 | 13 6 | _ |
| Anthrax Malaria-Believed to be contracted in this | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| country | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - |
| Believed to be contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | |
| Acute Rheumatism | 49 | - | 1 | 48 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 (j) | |
| Totals | 964 | 28 | 99 | 422 | 11 1 | 196 | 83 | 25 | 66 | 69 | 101 | 132 | 149 | 74 | 107 | 110 | 156 | 622 |
| * See note on following page. | ||||||||||||||||||