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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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Following the receipt of a notification every house is visited and
a sanitary survey made.
The result of this, with a copy of the Notification Form, is sent
to the Tuberculosis Officer, and with the exception of disinfection
of the rooms following death or removal—when the latter is known
—the care of the patient passes on to the County Council.
The principal defects usually favouring the disease, as found in
the homes inspected, were as follows:—
Overcrowding 4
Defective roofs and gutters 20
Dampness 19
Dirty premises 49
Other Defects 41
No Defects 155
(Two of these were empty.)
No action was taken under the Public Health (Prevention of
Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, nor under Section 62, Public
Health Act, 1925, as the need did not arise.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0— | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 1— | 0 | — | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 5— | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 10— | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 15— | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 |
| 20— | 17 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | — | 1 |
| 25— | 30 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | — | 1 |
| 35— | 24 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 45— | 15 | 6 | — | — | 12 | 8 | 1 | — |
| 55— | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | — | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Totals | 118 | 91 | 34 | 24 | 65 | 47 | 13 | 13 |