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Walthamstow 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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OUTWORKERS WERE NOTIFIED FROM THE
FOLLOWING AREAS:—
City of London 128 Leyton 41
Bermondsey 3 Poplar 6
Bethnal Green 18 St. Marylebone 4
Battersea 3 Stoke Newington 5
Finsbury 29 Stepney 5
Hackney 56 Shoreditch 13
Islington 5 Tottenham 5
Walthamstow 63 Westminster 9
A total of 337 visits were paid in connection with outworkers,
as follows:—To Homes, 282; Factories, 37; Workshops, 18.
VI. PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
General.—The accompanying tables show the age and ward incidence of the various infectious diseases which are discussed separately in later pages of the Report:—
| Disease. | All ages | Under 1 yr. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 & over. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 1930 | |||||||||
| Smallpox | 67 | 189 | — | 2 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 6 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 451 | 607 | 3 | 92 | 269 | 48 | 36 | 3 | — | |
| Diphtheria | 324 | 509 | 7 | 65 | 203 | 30 | 14 | 5 2 | — | |
| Enteric Fever | 38 | 5 | — | 9 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | 211 | 139 | 3 | 30 | 37 | 37 | 50 | 36 | 18 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | 14 | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | 8 | — | — | — | 7 | 23 | — | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 61 | 57 | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 4 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 2 | — | - | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Chicken Pox | 1260 | 693 | 29 | 282 | 912 | 32 | 4 | 1 | — | |
| Tuberculosis | 190 | 159 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 63 | 72 | 21 | 5 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 1931 | 2655 | — | 53 | 490 | 1484 | 247 | 242 | 1ll | 28 |
| 1930 | — | 2393 | 43 | 420 | 1329 | 335 | 233 | 96 | 35 | |