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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE III.—Corrected Notifications of Infectious Diseases for the Year 1954
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | At all Ages | Number of Cases Notified At Ages—years | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | *Total Cases Admitted to Hospital | *Total Deaths | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Cranbrook | Park | Loxford | Clementswood | Mayfield | Goodmayes | Fairlop | Clayhall | Barkingside | N. Hainault | Seven Kings | S. Hainault | ||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 288 | 2 | 54 | 219 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 57 | 31 | 17 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 65 | - |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 148 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 58 | 36 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 30 | 77 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 65 | - | - | - | 25 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 61 | - | - | 62 | - |
| Acute Poliomvelitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute-Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Meningoccocal Infection | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - |
| Dysentery | 39 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- |
| Erysipelas | 21 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 158 | - | 3 | 11 | 49 | 53 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 132 | 26 |
| Other Forms | 24 | - | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria—Believed contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed contracted abroad | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Acute Rheumatism | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 7 | - |
| Measles | 963 | 13 | 325 | 616 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 52 | 176 | 109 | 124 | 68 | 11 | 80 | 24 | 26 | 54 | 214 | 25 | 22 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 271 | 19 | 124 | 123 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 17 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 28 | 4 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 25 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 2,020 | 44 | 526 | 1,020 | 106 | 148 | 123 | 53 | 122 | 238 | 168 | 206 | 137 | 96 | 212 | 128 | 105 | 195 | 291 | 122 | 346 | 105 |
| *Included in the figures in these columns are cases notified in previous years an well as 1954. | ||||||||||||||||||||||