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Walthamstow 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED
DURING 1932.
Wearing Apparel, making of 379
Brush Making 23
Paper, etc., Boxes, Paper
Bags 17
Carding, etc., of Buttons 2
Christmas Crackers 1
Total
Furniture and Upholstery 2
Fur Pulling 5
Artificial Flowers 1
Umbrellas, etc. 1
Stuffed Toys 10
Handbags 7
448
OUTWORKERS WERE NOTIFIED FROM THE
FOLLOWING AREAS.
City of London 167
Bethnal Green 21
Finsbury 67
Hackney 51
Islington 8
Leyton 20
Poplar 4
Stoke Newington 4
Stepney 10
Shoreditch 7
Tottenham 7
Walthamstow 60
Westminster 10
Other Areas 9
A total ot 375 visits were paid in connection with outworkers
as follows:—To Homes, 323; Factories, 32; Workshops, 20.
F—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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | 10 | 67 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 445 | 451 | 4 | 122 | 2i0 | 42 | 27 | — | — | |
| Diphtheria | 356 | 324 | 8 | 96 | 217 | 18 | 14 | 3 | — | |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 38 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 188 | 211 | 2 | 29 | 36 | 27 | 35 | 40 | 19 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | 11 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | 30 | — | — | — | 3 | 17 | — | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 8 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 49 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 4 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Chicken Pox | 694 | 1260 | 18 | 130 | 524 | 15 | 7 | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis | 186 | 190 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 82 | 27 | 2 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 7 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | 753 | .—. | 37 | 619 | 95 | 2 | — | _ | — | |
| Dysentery | 9 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals | f 1932 | 2740 | _ | 83 | 1012 | 1155 | 166 | 208 | 91 | 25 |
| 1931 | — | 2655 | 53 | 490 | 1484 | 247 | 242 | 111 | 28 | |