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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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T able showing I ncidence of I nfectious D isease , 1939, in age groups ; and total D eaths.
| Disease | Total cases notified | Under 1 year | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—35 | 35—45 | 45—65 | Over 65 | * Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 370 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 160 | 90 | 29 | 21 | 10 | _ | _ | 286 | _ |
| Diphtheria | 96 | — | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 2 | _ | _ | 90 | 2 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 11 | _ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 183 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 44 | 31 | 108 | 47 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 49 | 1 | 39 | 9 | _ | 44 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | ||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | |||||||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | ||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | 3 | _ | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 70 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 4 | 31 | 2 |
| Anthrax ... | — | — | — | _. | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||||
| Malaria believed to be contracted in this country | |||||||||||||||
| Malaria believed to be contracted | |||||||||||||||
| abroad | 1 | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | |||
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Acute Rheumatism | 29 | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 | 16 | 10 | 1 | _ | _ | __ | 15 | ||
| Food Poisoning ... | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | — | _ | '_ | 1 | _ | _ | |
| f.Measles ... | 6 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | ||||||||
| ■(•Whooping Cough | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 |
# Excludes case s occurring at Barnado's Homes, Claybury Mental Hospital and West Ham Mental Hospital.
f Notifiable as from 23rd October, 1939.