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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE III — C orrected N otifications of I nfectious D iseases for the Y ear 1956
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | | At all Ages | Number of Cases Notified At Ages—years | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | 'Total Cases Admitted to Hospitnl | * 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. Hainuult | Seven Kings | S. Hainault | ||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 191 | - | 44 | 139 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 30 | - |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | 7 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 159 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 65 | 53 | 17 | 15 | 1? | 17 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 36 | 94 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 73 | - | - | - | 33 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 69 | 2 | 71 | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 6 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | |
| Acute-Encephalitis | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Vleningoccocal Infection | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Oysenterv | 161 | o | 22 | 66 | 9 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 6 | - | 3 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 21 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Erysipelas | 30 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 126 | - | 4 | 4 | 34 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 90 | 19 |
| Other Forms | 17 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria—Believed contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed contracted | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Acute Rheumatism | 8 | - | 1 | 7 | —. | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | —1 | 7 | - | ||||
| Measles | 502 | 9 | 198 | 290 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 93 | 51 | 28 | 53 | 67 | 50 | 51 | 33 | 6 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 396 | 22 | 152 | 212 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | 5 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 73 | 43 | 46 | 40 | 51 | 26 | 8 | - | |
| Food Poisoning | 51 | - | 1 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 1.741 | 43 | 431 | 754 | 107 | 167 | 151 | 88 | 58 | 89 | 91 | 106 | 158 | 140 | 202 | 177 | 175 | 211 | 147 | 187 | 299 | 115 |
| * Included in the figures in these columns are cases notified in previous years as well as 19.56. | ||||||||||||||||||||||