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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
Walthamstow 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The total number of cases of notifiable diseases during 1930 was 2,393, or, excluding Chickenpox (not notifiable in previous years), 1,700, as compared with 1,515 in 1929, 1,455 in 1928, 1,372 in 1927, and 1,182 in 1926.
| Disease. | All Ages. | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over. | St. James Street. | High Street | Hoe Street ' | Wood Street . | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | Removed to Hospital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 189 | 1 | 11 | 80 | 52 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 57 | 25 | 44 | 13 | 11 | 39 | 189 |
| Scarlet Fever | 607 | 1 | 104 | 413 | 56 | 32 | 1 | — | 162 | 101 | 73 | 65 | 80 | 126 | 414 |
| Diphtheria | 509 | 4 | 113 | 322 | 41 | 26 | 3 | - | 118 | 93 | 89 | 50 | 60 | 99 | 436 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 139 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 22 | 31 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 31 | 31 |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 57 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Chickenpox | 693 | 23 | 169 | 476 | 21 | 3 | 1 | - | 174 | 149 | 118 | 79 | 78 | 95 | 3 |
| Tuberculosis | 159 | - | 4 | 15 | 44 | 71 | 23 | 2 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 146 |