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 VII.
Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases among School-Children, and of Contacts of such Cases, excluded from School Attendance during the Year ended the 31st December, 1923.
SCHOOLS. | Number on Roll. | DISEASES AND CONTACTS | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. and German Measles. | Chicken Pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Enteric | Ringworm | Totals. 1923. | Totals. 1922. | |||||||||||
Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | ||
Barkingside | 305 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 102 | 80 |
Becontree | 334 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
Chadwell | 241 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 117 | 37 |
Christchurch | 1113 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 56 | 46 | 32 | 15 | 87 | 8 | — | - | 2 | 183 | 78 | 147 | 64 |
Cleveland Road | 1200 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 2 | - | - | - | 80 | 37 | 218 | 112 |
Downshall | 1317 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 114 | 25 | 39 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 156 | 15 | — | - | 4 | 340 | 85 | 365 | 109 |
Goodmaves | 1418 | 18 | 29 | 22 | 32 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 22 | - | - | - | 1 | 122 | 88 | 131 | 60 |
Highlands | 871 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 102 | 51 | 3 | - | 15 | - | 1 | - | - | 136 | 60 | 147 | 38 |
Little Heath | 132 | - | - | — | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 59 | 11 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | 72 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
Loxford | 918 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 9 | - | - | - | 108 | 33 | 166 | 55 |
Newbury Park | 525 | — | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 3 | 27 | 35 |
Roman Catholic | 420 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | - | - | - | 3 | 33 | 12 | 44 | 20 |
South Park | 1174 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 5 | - | - | 4 | 95 | 46 | 126 | 46 |
Uphall | 827 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | - | 73 | 49 | - | - | 33 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 125 | 63 | 89 | 47 |
Valentines | 119 | — | 1 | — | - | - | — | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Countv High School | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 14 | 6 |
Private Schools | — | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | — | — | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 11 | 26 | 25 |
Totals | 10914 | 79 | 95 | 61 | 91 | 174 | 46 | 102 | 235 | 159 | 54 | 479 | 42 | 1 | - | 21 | 1376 | 563 | 1738 | 743 |
Encephalitis Lethargica— Cleveland Road School, 1 case.
Erysipelas— Downshall School, 1 case; Uphall School, 1 case.