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Ilford 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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TABLE III—Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1941
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE
At all Ages
Number of Cases Notified
At Ages—years
Total Cases Notified in
each Ward
Total Cases Admitted
to Hospital
SECTION F.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
i
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 Hainault
Goodmayes
Smallpox
Scarlet Fever
182
36
113
22
11
—
—
5
10
18
31
25
18
27
18
30
137
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup
40
—
11
18
6
5
—
—
1
6
2
8
7
3
4
3
6
38
Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) ..
18
—
2
3
3
5
3
2
3
1
1
5
4
—
—
2
2
14
Pneumonia
217
21
31
23
13
42
48
39
17
18
13
52
48
5
16
15
33
128
Puerperal Pyrexia
33
—
—
—
9
24
—
—
1
—
1
4
21
1
—
1
4
30
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
35
3
9
6
9
5
3
—
1
3
3
2
11
1
1
2
11
31
Acute Poliomyelitis
1
1
1
1
Acute Polio-Encephalitis
Encephalitis Lethargica
Dysentery
3
3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
8
8
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
1
1
1
1
2
—
Erysipelas
55
1
1
1
3
19
23
7
4
6
3
10
12
4
2
2
12
17
Pemphigus Neonatorum
2
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
Tuberculosis Pulmonary
266
—
3
9
62
117
64
11
19
15
13
45
43
29
20
52
30
—
Other Forms
60
1
7
20
14
15
3
—
2
6
9
9
18
4
3
3
6
—
Anthrax
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Malaria—Believed to be contracted in this
country
Believed to be contracted abroad ..
3
—
—
—
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
3
—
—
—
—
—
3
Acute Rheumatism
10
—
2
8
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
1
1
—
1
1
3
4
Measles
2408
44
822
149f
28
16
—
—
137
124
•248
564
538
154
151
230
262
70
Whooping Cough
1161
71
516
561
13
—
—
—
35
96
104
254
228
88
96
149
111
38
Food Poisoning
2
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
Totals
4504
151
144(
2261
184
262
146
60
226
287
419
991
959
308
323
479
512
515
22