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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The minor epidemics at the four schools specified under (c) and (d) necessitated a considerable amount of detailed daily supervision by your School Medical Officer.
| School. | Dept. | No. on Books. | S.T. | M. | W.C. | Mumps | C.P. | R.W. Scab. | Sores, etc. | Sore Eyes. | S.F. | Diph. | Bact. Diph. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackkorse Road | Boys' | 217 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | - |
| Girls' | 306 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Infts.' | 374 | - | 43 | 17 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| William Elliot Whitt. | Boys' | 372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| Girls' | 312 | 9 | 4 | - | 1 | 11 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 7 | - | |
| Higham Hill | Boys' | 353 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Infts.' | 317 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 11 | 2 | - | 6 | - | 9 | 4 | 1 | |
| Tem. Infts.' | 104 | - | 3 | 7 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | |
| Boys' | 268 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Pretoria Avenue | Girls' | 228 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - |
| Infts.' | 242 | 1 | 95 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | |
| North Central | Boys' | 304 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Girls' | 338 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Boys' | 249 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Coppermill Lane | Girls' | 247 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Infts.' | 242 | 10 | 78 | - | 7 | 3 | - | 22 | - | 21 | 2 | - | |
| Mixed | 330 | 2 | 5 | - | e | 5 | - | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Boys' | 389 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Wood Street | Girls' | 293 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Infts.' | 315 | 1 | 127 | 8 | 33 | 26 | - | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| Boys' | 313 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Joseph Barrett | Girls' | 284 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - |
| P.D. Centre | Mixed | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Boys' | 364 | - | 8 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 5 | - | |
| Maynard Road | Girls' | 290 | - | - | - | 12 | 8 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - |
| Infts.' | 321 | 26 | 125 | 38 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 25 | - | 18 | 7 | - | |
| St. Mary's | Girls' | 274 | - | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - |
| Infts.' | 169 | 2 | 65 | 22 | 48 | 48 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | |
| St. George's | Mixed | 246 | - | 11 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Shernhall Street | Mixed | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Boys' | 272 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | |
| William Morris | Girls' | 297 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Mixed | 349 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Marsh Street | Boys' | 243 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - |
| Mission Grove | Girls' | 239 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |