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Walthamstow 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The cases discovered by the Medical Staff and included in the
above Table, were as follows:—
Scarlet Diph- Small- ChickenFever.
theria. pox. pox.
19 70 30 21
Non-notifiable infectious disease is chiefly brought to light by
the weekly returns made by Head Teachers under the local
"Regulations as to Infectious Diseases in Schools." The monthly
figures were as follows:—
The monthly figures were as follows:-
| Sore Throat. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Chicken-pox. | Ringworm and Scabies. | Impetigo, Sores, etc. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 55 | 3 | 19 | 62 | — | 20 |
| February | 11 | 405 | 1 | 28 | 113 | — | 20 |
| March | 5 | 718 | 2 | 65 | 114 | 3 | 20 |
| April | 3 | 294 | 1 | 52 | 54 | — | 1 |
| May | 11 | 87 | — | 48 | 57 | 2 | 4 |
| June | 5 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 38 | — | 3 |
| July | 9 | 4 | 14 | — | 22 | 1 | 4 |
| August | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 |
| September | 5 | — | 18 | 1 | 8 | — | 13 |
| October | 3 | — | 9 | — | 14 | — | 6 |
| November | 12 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 10 | — | 5 |
| December | 1 | — | 7 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 75 | 1583 | 89 | 223 | 496 | 7 | 100 |
The following were the weekly average numbers of children away from School owing to:—
| Exclusions. | Chicken-pox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Sore Throat. | Influenza. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222 | 73 | 189 | 17 | 39 | 50 |
| Diarrhoea. | Mumps. | Ringworm. | Scabies. | Various. | Totals. |
| 3 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 633 | 1275 |
To secure further control of Infectious Disease a weekly clinic
is held on Tuesdays at 9.30 a.m. at Lloyd Park at which all contacts
of cases of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever are seen as well as all