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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE III.- CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1959.
| 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 year | 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 | Cleraentswood | Mayfield | Goodmayes | Fairlop | Clayhall | Barkingside | N. Hainault | Seven Kings | S. Hainault | |||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 327 | 1 | 61 | 255 | 10 | - | - | - | 42 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 35 | 26 | 23 | 52 | 23 | - | |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Pneumonia | 184 | - | 7 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 65 | 66 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 144 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 55 | - | - | - | 23 | 32 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 51 | - | 53 | - | ||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 6 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | ||
| Acute-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningoccocal Infection | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dysentery | 142 | 5 | 30 | 37 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 1/ | 28 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 12 | - | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | 16 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 58 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 12 | ||
| Other Forms | 5 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Malaria - | Believed contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Rheumatism | 4 | - | - | 4 | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Measles | 3,322 | 70 | 1,383 | 1,849 | 11 | 8 | 1 | - | 227 | 278 | 268 | 308 | 272 | 210 | 280 | 297 | 358 | 318 | 296 | 210 | 21 | - | |
| Whooping Cough | 48 | 2 | 22 | 23 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Food Poisoning | 71 | - | 7 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | ||
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 4,243 | 81 | 1,514 | 2,196 | 81 | 147 | 141 | 83 | 313 | 345 | 321 | 346 | 334 | 278 | 371 | 381 | 471 | 435 | 362 | 286 | 178 | 158 | |
| *Included in the figures in these columns are cases notified in previous years as well as 1959. | |||||||||||||||||||||||