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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Employment of School-children and Young Persons.—From special
inquiries made at the various schools during 1950 it was found that 72
children were employed out of school hours. 72 children were submitted
for medical examination in accordance with the Byelaws made under
Part II of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, with the following
result:—
Medically fit 70
Employment of Children in Entertainments Provisional Amending
Rules, 1945.—40 Certificates were granted during the year.
Examination of Officers, etc.—The undermentioned teachers and
other officers were medically examined and reported upon during the
year:—
Newly-appointed Teachers 7
Newly-appointed Staff 3
Newly-appointed School Clerical Assistants 16
Total 26
Camp Schools.
The Elmbridge Camp School at Cranleigh, Surrey, and Kennylands
Camp School at Kidmore End. near Reading, were taken over entirely by
the Essex Education Committee on the 1st April, 1948.
Admissions and re-admissions of Ilford School-children to these two
Camp Schools and the Hydon Heath Camp are medically examined by the
Assistant Medical Officers prior to entry.
Table Showing the Principal Causes of Death among Children of School Age (i.e., from 5–15 Years) in Ilford for 1948 and 1949. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 1948 | 1949 | 1948 | |
| 1. Measles | .06 | – | – | – |
| 2. Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – |
| 3. Whooping Cough... | .06 | – | – | – |
| 4. Diphtheria | – | – | – | – |
| 5. Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | .23 | _ | 12.5 | – |
| 6.—Influenza | 104 | 0.6 | 12.5 | — |
| 7. Tuberculosis | 307 | 4.5 | 25.0 | 20.0 |
| 8. Rheumatic Fever | — | — | — | — |
| 9. Bronchitis, Pneumonia and other respiratory diseases | 10.5 | 10.2 | – | – |
| 10. *Meningitis and Nervous system | 13.0 | 15.5 | — | 6.6 |
| 11. Heart Diseases | 31.9 | 32.6 | — | 6.0 |
| 12. Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 2.2 | 1.4 | 12.5 | — |
| 13. Violence | 1.5 | 4.1 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
| 14. Other causes | 36.44 | 31.1 | 25.0 | 53.5 |
| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| * Excludes Meningococcal infections. | ||||