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Walthamstow 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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There was no death from Typhoid Fever. The RegistrarGeneral's
Returns show 4 deaths from Puerperal Sepsis, although I
received only 3 Notifications of Puerperal Fever.
Over 19 per cent, of those dying from Tuberculosis have not
been notified as suffering from the disease during their life-time;
5 were notified subsequent to death.
Twenty-eight of the 143 deaths followed within three months
of Notification, 12 within six months, 13 within nine months, and
the remainder were notified for a year or over.
The number of Tubercular patients who received Hospital
treatment was 225 as compared with 34 in 1923.
The following table shows the number of new cases of Tuberculosis notified during the year according to ages and the deaths occurring among those notified:-
| Age-Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 yr | - | _ | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1—5 yrs. | - | 5 | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| 5—15 yrs | 1 | 14 | 9 | 17 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 15—25 yrs | 25 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 25—45 yrs | 46 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 45—65 yrs | 27 | 13 | _ | 2 | 7 | 4 | _ | _ |
| 65 yrs. & upwards | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Totals « | 101 | 101 | 24 | 32 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 |
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
These cases are classified as follows :—•
Cases Cases Vision Vision Total n ,
notified. treated. unimpaired, impaired, blindness. Deaths'
At home. In hospital.
16 11 5 16 - -
All the patients except one who died in Hospital—the cause
of death given being Prematurity—did well and no defect in vision
resulted,