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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE III. - CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1963.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | At all Ages | Number of Cases Notified At ages — Years | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | Total Deaths | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 2S | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Cranbrook | Park | Loxford | Clementswood | May fie Id | Goodmayes | Fairlop | Clayhall | Barldngside | N. Hainault | Seven Kings | S. Hainault | |||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 93 | — | 17 | 73 | 3 | - | — | - | 7 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | — |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 82 | - | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 212 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 22 | - | - | - | 9 | 13 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 295 | 6 | 56 | 76 | 37 | 57 | 44 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 36 | 22 | 71 | 22 | 42 | 33 | _ |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | — | 1 | - | — |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 53 | — | — | — | 7 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Other Forms | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria — Believed contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Rheumatism | 6 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1,277 | 43 | 613 | 612 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 126 | 98 | 129 | 146 | 40 | 97 | 103 | 212 | 126 | 83 | 73 | 44 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 183 | 18 | 82 | 77 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 41 | 6 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 36 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | - | |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 2,063 | 68 | 778 | 863 | 77 | 112 | 106 | 59 | 169 | 138 | 161 | 189 | 89 | 172 | 175 | 271 | 261 | 150 | 182 | 106 | 226 |
| *Included in the figures in this column are cases notified in previous years as well as 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||