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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE III. - CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1961.
| 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 au<l under 65 | 65 and upwards | Cranbrook | Park | Loxford | Clementswood | Mayfield | Coodmayes | Fairlop | Clayhall | liarkingside | N. Hainault | Seven Kings | S. Hainault | ||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 132 | 1 | 25 | 100 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 7 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | - |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 106 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 46 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 140 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 43 | - | - | - | 21 | 22 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 41 | - | - | 41 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningoccocal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 129 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 6 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 21 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 80 | - | 2 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 79 | 12 |
| Other Forms | 9 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria - Believed contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed contracted abroad | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Acute Rheumatism | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Measles | 2,907 | 74 | 1,274 | 1,533 | 17 | 9 | - | - | 318 | 130 | 210 | 263 | 160 | 216 | 306 | 341 | 310 | 242 | 224 | 187 | 15 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 37 | 4 | 18 | 14 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 84 | - | 17 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 14 | - | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 6 | - | 12 | - |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 3,554 | 87 | 1,370 | 1,709 | 81 | 123 | 127 | 57 | 376 | 203 | 234 | 295 | 184 | 241 | 374 | 440 | 399 | 325 | 263 | 220 | 185 | 154 |
* Included in the figures in these columns are cases notified in previous years as well as 1961.
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