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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 VII.-Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases among School Children, and of Contacts of such Cases, excluded from School Attendance during the Year ended the 31st December, 1942.
| SCHOOLS | DISEASES AND CONTACTS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. on Roll | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Measles & German Measles | Chicken-pox | Whooping Cough | Mumps | Totals, 1942 | Totals, 1941 | ||||||||
| Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | ||
| Becontree | 1448 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 90 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 132 | 51 | 112 | 86 |
| Benton (Open Air) | 115 | -_ | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Chadwell | 652 | 47 | 14 | - | 1 | 83 | 12 | 86 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 56 | 283 | 34 | 152 | 22 |
| Christchurch | 533 | 3 | 5 | - | - | 4 | - | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 72 | 18 |
| Cleveland | 667 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 67 | 30 | 119 | 29 |
| Dane | 500 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Downshall | 1203 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 122 | 19 | 72 | 18 | 3 | - | 27 | 242 | 54 | 184 | 42 |
| Fairlop | 1318 | 30 | 15 | - | - | 14 | 5 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 8 | 58 | 21 | 223 | 55 |
| Gearies | 1176 | 13 | 9 | - | 1 | 86 | 12 | 50 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 53 | 220 | 31 | 135 | 27 |
| Goodmayes | 421 | 21 | 7 | - | - | 59 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 9 | - | 9 | 111 | 18 | 82 | 13 |
| Highlands | 398 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 71 | 11 | 40 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 35 | 191 | 23 | 66 | 8 |
| Loxford Central | 375 | 5 | 12 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | _ | - | 9 | 15 | 8 | 10 |
| Mayfield Central | 761 | 8 | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 7 |
| Mossford | 444 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 73 | 8 | 142 | 23 |
| Newbury Park | 366 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 86 | 9 | 156 | 34 |
| Parkhill | 722 | 23 | 6 | - | - | 99 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 150 | 23 | 147 | 43 |
| St. Augustine's | 191 | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 9 | - | 1 | 15 | 9 | 32 | 10 |
| SS. Peter and Paul's | 387 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | 15 | 17 | 3 |
| St. Vincent's | 356 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| South Park | 815 | 39 | 16 | 1 | - | 16 | 4 | 4 | - | 9 | - | 5 | 74 | 20 | 120 | 11 |
| The Mount Central | 364 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The Redbridge | 399 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 57 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 112 | 16 | 151 | 26 |
| The William Torbitt | 371 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 44 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 51 | 4 | 103 | 14 |
| Uphall | 269 | 2 | - | - | - | 31 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 4 | - | 5 | 58 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| Woodlands | 414 | 14 | 10 | - | - | 104 | 24 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | 19 | 145 | 36 | 67 | 18 |
| *County High | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 8 |
| *Private | - | 3 | 17 | - | - | 43 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 82 | 26 | 103 | 21 |
| Totals | 14665 | 300 | 223 | 7 | 9 | 980 | 164 | 404 | 68 | 176 | 29 | 373 | 2240 | 493 | 2252 | 544 |
*Notification of minor infectious diseases in these schools are not received.