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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Table Showing the Principal Causes of Death among Children of School Age (i.e. from 5—15 years) in Ilford for 1945 and 1946. The Table also gives a Comparative Percentage of Deaths Registered at all Ages, and from 5—15 Years.
| Disease. | Percentage of total deaths (all ages). | Percentage of total deaths at ages 5—15 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1946 | 1945 | 1946 | ||
| 1. | Measles | 0.2 | - | 3.6 | - |
| 2. | Scarlet Fever | - | — | — | — |
| 3. | Whooping Cough | - | 0.1 | — | — |
| 4. | Diphtheria | 0.2 | 0.1 | 7.1 | — |
| 5. | Influenza | 0.4 | 1.2 | — | — |
| 6. | Tuberculosis | 4.9 | 4.0 | 7.1 | — |
| 7. | Rheumatic Fever | 0.06 | — | — | — |
| 8. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and other respiratory diseases | 10.4 | 11.4 | 3.6 | 16.7 |
| 9. | *Meningitis and Nervous system | 14.6 | 15.0 | 17.8 | 16.7 |
| 10. | Heart Diseases | 25.7 | 24.2 | — | — |
| 11. | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 1.5 | 2.1 | — | — |
| 12. | Violence | 9.4 | 3.4 | 5.36 | 8.3 |
| 13. | Other causes | 32.64 | 38.5 | 7.2 | 58.3 |
| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
*Excludes Meningococcal infections.
Deaths of School Children.
Ilford.—The deaths of children of School Age during 1946 represent
0.7 per cent, of the Total Deaths registered (all ages), and during 1945 represent
1.6 per cent.
Ministry of Education.
MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS.
Year Ended 31st December 1947.
TABLE I.
Medical Inspection of pupils attending maintained Primary and Secondary
Schools.
a.—Periodic Medical Inspections.
| Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:— | |
| Entrants | 2,256 |
| Second Age Group | 1,721 |
| Third Age Group | 895 |
| Total | 4,872 |
| Number of other Periodic Inspections | - |
| Grand Total | 4,872 |
| B.—Other Inspections. | |
| Number of Special Inspections | 3,361 |
| Number of Re-Inspections | 6,735 |
| Total | 10,096 |
C.—Pupils Found to Require Treatment.
Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspection to
Require Treatment. (Excluding Dental Diseases and Infestation with Vermin.)
(No individual pupil is recorded more than once in any column of this