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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE XIV.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 196 | 3 | 62 | 106 | 14 | 10 | 1 | - | 82 | 16 | 20 | 32 | 14 | 32 | 170 |
| Erysipelas | 50 | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
| Scarlet Fever | 358 | 2 | 93 | 230 | 28 | 5 | - | - | 81 | 79 | 51 | 40 | 30 | 77 | 289 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 209 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 51 | 95 | 31 | 4 | 54 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 39 | - |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 58 | - | 13 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 1 | - | 14 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Malaria (Imported) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 101 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 35 |
| Totals | 997 | 21 | 182 | 408 | 124 | 161 | 90 | 11 | 284 | 171 | 125 | 119 | 93 | 205 | 523 |