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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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T able VIII.— S ummary of C ases of I nfectious D iseases among S chool C hildren, and of C ontacts of such C ases excluded from S chool A ttendance during the Y ear ended the 31 st D ecember , 1948
| SCHOOLS | No. on Roll | DISEASES AND CONTACTS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Measles and German Measles | Whooping Cough | Chicken-pox | Poliomyelitis | Mumps | Pneumonia | Rheumatism. | Totals. | ||||||||
| Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Cases | Contacts | ||
| Beal Modern | 666 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| Becontree | 1,356 | 6 | 14 | - | - | 28 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 51 | 19 |
| Benton (Open Air) | 85 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Chadwell | 675 | 7 | 6 | - | - | 101 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 9 | - | - | 31 | - | - | 173 | 13 |
| Christchurch | 703 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 92 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | 11 | 2 | 1 | 123 | 5 |
| Cleveland | 865 | 7 | 6 | 3 | - | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 77 | 8 |
| County High | 1,256 | 2 | 6 | - | 1 | 5 | -_ | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 11 | |
| Dane | 699 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Downshall | 1,217 | 20 | 12 | 2 | - | 111 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 7 | -_ | - | 4 | - | 2 | 174 | 18 |
| Fairlop | 1,608 | 14 | 15 | - | - | 61 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 99 | 21 |
| Gearies | 1,267 | 10 | 8 | - | 1 | 44 | - | 21 | 5 | 6 | - | -_ | 25 | - | 1 | 107 | 14 |
| Goodmayes | 599 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 63 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 80 | 5 |
| Gordon | 220 | 4 | - | - | - | 27 | -_ | 20 | -_ | 32 | -_ | - | - | 1 | - | 84 | - |
| Highlands | 700 | - | 5 | - | 2 | 40 | - | 16 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | 7 |
| Loxford | 335 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Mayfield | 871 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Mossford (Fairlop) | 298 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 15 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | - |
| Mossford (G.V.H.) | 84 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Newbury Park | 248 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 22 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 |
| Parkhill | 717 | 9 | 6 | - | - | 72 | 1 | 38 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 124 | 7 |
| St. Augustine's | 220 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 30 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 36 | 2 |
| SS. Peter and Paul's | 637 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 34 | 1 | 12 | - | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 68 | 8 |
| St. Vincent's | 343 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| South Park | 1,001 | 15 | 5 | - | 1 | 110 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 160 | 15 |
| The Glade | 392 | 8 | - | - | - | 69 | - | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 86 | - |
| The John Bramston | 332 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 114 | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 124 | 4 |
| The Mount | 317 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| The Redbridge | 493 | 13 | 5 | - | - | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 42 | 7 |
| The William Torbitt | 786 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 89 | 3 | 49 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 151 | 7 |
| Uphall | 367 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 22 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 4 |
| Ursuline | 198 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 19 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 27 | 3 |
| Woodlands | 283 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 19 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 60 | 6 |
| Private | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | 57 | - | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 81 | 7 |
| Totals | 19,838 | 179 | 134 | 7 | 7 | 1,330 | 36 | 376 | 31 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 87 | 20 | 13 | 2,129 | 210 |
Paratyphoid fever: one case at Downshall.