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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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PUERPERAL FEVER AND PYREXIA.
See Maternity and Child Welfare Section.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
See Maternity and Child Welfare Section.
The following tables show the incidence by months, ages and wards:-
| Month. | All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1-5 years. | 5-15 years. | 15-25 years. | 25-45 years. | 45-65 years. | 65 & over. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | ||||||
| February | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| March | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | ||||||
| April | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| May | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| June | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | ||||||
| July | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | ||||||
| August | 3 | - | -_ | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||
| September | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | ||||||
| October | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| November | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | ||||||
| December | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | - | ||||||
| Totals | 1933 | 73 | 2 | - | 4 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 5 | |||||
| 1932 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 4 | ||||||
| Month. | St. James' Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | ||||||||
| January | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | ||||||||
| February | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||
| March | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| April | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| May | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| June | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| July | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||||||||
| August | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| September | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| October | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | ||||||||
| November | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||||
| December | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1933 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 16 | |||||||
| 1932 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||||||||