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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 following table shows the yearly notifications for the past five years:-
| Year. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diptheria. | Enteric Fever. | Pneumonia. | Puerperal Fever. | Puer.Pyrexia. | Ophth Neon. | Erysipelas. | Enceph.Leth. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. | pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Polio-encephalitas. | Poliomyelitis. | Smallpox. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 189 | 607 | 509 | 5 | 139 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 125 | 34 | - | - | 693 | 2,393 |
| 1929 | 10 | 688 | 325 | 2 | 222 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 142 | 52 | - | - | Not Notifiable | 1,515 |
| 1928 | - | 764 | 283 | 2 | 155 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 139 | 36 | 2 | - | 1,455 | |
| 1927 | - | 623 | 285 | 6 | 172 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 56 | 1 | - | 150 | 42 | 3 | - | 1,392 | |
| 1926 | - | 484 | 262 | 4 | 133 | 8 | N.N. | 9 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 155 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 1,182 |
The 1930 notifications include the following cases discovered by
the Staff of the Health Department:—
Smallpox, 67; Diphtheria, 77; Scarlet Fever, 23; Chickenpox,
22. Total, 189.