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Walthamstow 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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The following Table shows for London and certain large Metropolitan areas the number of cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria notified in 1925 to the Ministry of Health, with the number of deaths as ascertained from the Registrar-General's returns and the case death-rate per 100 attacked:—

Number notified.Deaths.Case rate per 100.
S.F.Dip.S.F.DipS.F.Dip.
London12,28712,583100481.83.8
Croydon34310219.38.8
Willesden264304210.73.2
Tottenham4282489-3.6
Edmonton11220826-12.5
West Ham4787665191.02.4
East Ham2192514111.84.3
Leyton206289144.8
Walthamstow35019817.33.5

The following Table shows the estimated population, the number of cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup, the attack rate since 1890, and the death-rate since 1898.

Years.Population.Number of Diphtheria Cases.Rate per 1,000Membranous Croup Cases.Diphtheria and Croup Death-rate per 1,000 population
1890465001292.503-
1891470001533.229-
1892494001372.7717-
1893520001422.7311-
1894570001292.2615-
1895610001983.2410-
1896650001241.906-
1897700001522.176-
1898770002252.909.59
1899830003384.007.88
1900910005165.6011.86
1901951313223.4011.40
1902977001421.508.21
19031004001471 .465.16
19041032001771.7013.28
19051060002542.404.26
19061085002872.706.52
19071115002512.206.32
19081149002201.903.19
19091178001821.50.14
19101212801381.10.12
19111245972872.20.23
19121284802331.80.17
19131316363192.40.15
19141319803182.40.21
19151317181991.51.09
19161394254122.95-.14
19171329943822.87.20
19181277012391.87.14
19191330084253.19.14
19201327713752.82.14
19211274413802.98-.09
19221298003002.31.20
19231297002121.63.04
19241300002571.97.03
19251308001961.5.05