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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE III.- CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1964.
| 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 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Cranbrook | Park | Loxford | Clementswood | Mayfield | Coodmayes | Fairlop | Clayhall | Barkingside | N. Hainault | Seven Kings | S. Hainault | |||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 129 | - | 18 | 102 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 22 | 15 | — |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 55 | - | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | - | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 134 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Dysentery | 142 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 29 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 15 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 48 | - | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Other Forms | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria — Believed contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Believed contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Rheumatism | 6 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Measles | 1,131 | 33 | 563 | 530 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 99 | 125 | 54 | 77 | 166 | 90 | 56 | 68 | 141 | 139 | 95 | 21 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 98 | 19 | 45 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 19 | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 1,660 | 58 | 666 | 695 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 41 | 135 | 166 | 72 | 116 | 188 | 134 | 101 | 128 | 225 | 194 | 153 | 49 | 140 |
| * Included In the figures in this column are cases notified in previous years as well as 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||