Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE III. - CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1962.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | At all Ages | Number of Cases Notified At ages — Years | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | Total Deaths | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | Clementswood | Mayfie Id | Coodmayes | Fairlop | Clayhall | Barkingside | N. Haiuault | Seven Kings | S. Halnault | |||
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | _ | - | - | - | |
Scarlet Fever | 139 | - | 24 | 102 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | 10 | 11 | 14 | - | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 9 | - |
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | -_ | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | - | - | _ | - | - | _ | - |
Pneumonia | 112 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 189 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 42 | - | - | - | 70 | 22 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 37 | - | 1 | - |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute Encephalitis | 1 | _ | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | 171 | 5 | 28 | 50 | 14 | 41 | 28 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 17 | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Erysipelas | 10 | — | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | l | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
1 | 1 | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 59 | - | 2 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | ? | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
Other Formes | 12 | _ | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Anthrax | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Malaria — Believed contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Believed contracted abroad | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Acute Rheumatism | 3 | _ | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
Measles | 988 | 9 | 400 | 568 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 50 | 140 | 49 | 25 | 11 | 24 | 140 | 169 | 62 | 61 | 14 5 | 92 | - |
Whooping Cough | 53 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 3 | - |
Food Poisoning | 84 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 26 | 70 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | - |
Typhus Fever | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 1,681 | 23 | 487 | 769 | 86 | 130 | 118 | 68 | 106 | 190 | 87 | 85 | 74 | 67 | 225 | 252 | 118 | 139 | 196 | 142 | 206 |
* Included in the figures in this column are cases notified in previous years as well as 1962. |