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 numbers of cases notified during the last five years were:—
| Year. | Totals. | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | Removed to Hospital. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — |
| 1929 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | — |
| 1928 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | — | — |
| 1927 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | — | — | — |
| 1926 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | - | 1 | — |