Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table shows the distribution of infectious cases according
to wards, and the increase or decrease as compared with 1903:—
TABLE XIV.—
WARDS. | Estimated Population. | Small-Pox | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Erysipelas. | Typhoid. | Puerperal. | Chicken Pox. | Totals. | Increase + or Decrease -on last year. | Increase + or Decrease -excluding Chicken Pox |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. James Street | 23,600 | 3 | 95 | 36 | 8 | 46 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 205 | +26 | +30 |
High Street | 20,400 | 14 | 89 | 61 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 194 | +41 | +53 |
Hoe Street | 23,100 | 12 | 90 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 162 | +29 | +46 |
Wood Street | 16,600 | 4 | 91 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 149 | +51 | +54 |
Northern | 24,300 | 16 | 162 | 41 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 265 | +128 | +145 |
1904 | 108,000 | 49 | 527 | 177 | 13 | 143 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 975 | +275 | +328 |
1903 | 106,290 | 2 | 292 | 147 | 5 | 117 | 88 | 6 | 53 | 700 | -1,160 | -426 |
1902 | 101,000 | 146 | 560 | 142 | 8 | 131 | 89 | 7 | 777 | 1,860 | + 669 | -55 |
1901 | 97,000 | 3 | 608 | 322 | 11 | 111 | 73 | 10 | 53 | 1,191 | + 135 | + 82 |
1900 | 95,383 | — | 347 | 516 | 11 | 87 | Con. 1 | 8 | 0 | 1,056 | — | - |
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