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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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(B) SCARLET FEVER.
The following table shows the incidence of this disease during the
past five years:—
| Year. | All ages. | Under 1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & over. | St. James' Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | Removed to Hospital. | Percentage . | Deaths (all cases). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 607 | 1 | 104 | 413 | 56 | 32 | 1 | — | 162 | 101 | 73 | 65 | 80 | 126 | 414 | 68.2 | 3 |
| 1929 | 688 | 4 | 113 | 428 | 95 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 150 | 125 | 71 | 78 | 105 | 159 | 466 | 67.4 | 5 |
| 1928 | 764 | 1 | 160 | 498 | 73 | 31 | 1 | - | 159 | 154 | 117 | 97 | 80 | 157 | 490 | 64.1 | 4 |
| 1927 | 623 | 5 | 128 | 391 | 72 | 24 | 3 | - | 81 | 88 | 138 | 87 | 81 | 148 | 454 | 72.8 | 4 |
| 1926 | 484 | — | 90 | 334 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 72 | 93 | 32 | 63 | 136 | 354 | 73.1 | 4 |