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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Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 92.7 |
Enteric Fever | 60.0 |
Puerperal Fever | 71.4 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 44.4 |
Cerebro- Spinal Fever | 50.0 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | 100.0 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 50.0 |
Anthrax | 100.0 |
The total number of deaths of Ilford residents from the chief infectious diseases during- 1923 is 147, classified as follows:—
Enteric Fever | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 |
Diphtheria | 5 |
Measles | 2 |
Whooping Cough | 4 |
Influenza | 11 |
Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 55 |
„ Other forms | 12 |
Pneumonia | 42 |
Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 9 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 |
Puerperal Fever | 3 |
147 |
The following table shows a comparison of the incidence of the chief infectious diseases in 1923 with that of 1922 and 1921:—
No. of Cases. | |||
---|---|---|---|
1923. | 1922. | 1921. | |
Scarlet Fever | 131 | 252 | 467 |
Diphtheria | 131 | 182 | 187 |
Enteric Fever | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Pneumonia | 29 | 70 | 49 |