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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Table showing Incidence of Infectious Disease, 1942, in age groups; and total Deaths.
| Disease | Total cases notified | Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 1 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | Over 65 | *Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 425 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 25 | 258 | 62 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | - | 335 | - |
| Diphtheria | 39 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 37 | - |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Pneumonia | 192 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 44 | 21 | 118 | 54 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 8 | - | - | 34 | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 18 | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 69 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 1 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria believed to be contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria believed to be contracted abroad | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Rheumatism | 14 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1614 | 46 | 108 | 137 | 155 | 129 | 985 | 31 | 11 | 12 | - | - | - | 18 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 417 | 26 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 49 | 191 | 13 | - | 12 | - | - | - | 14 | 2 |
| * Excludes cases occurring at Barnardo's Homes, Claybury Mental Hospital and West Ham Mental Hospital. | |||||||||||||||