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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: The 170 removals from the Register were made up as follows:—

The 170 removals from the Register were made up as follows:—

Deaths.Removals.
Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
5129653030109
80116019
9179
170

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The discrepancy between the number of deaths recorded here
and the number of registered deaths during the calendar year is
accounted for by transferable deaths and by cases not notified prior
to death.

Table: Treatment of Tuberculosis.—Treatment is given under the Essex County Council's Scheme. The admissions to Hospital during 1932 were:—

Treatment of Tuberculosis.—Treatment is given under the Essex County Council's Scheme. The admissions to Hospital during 1932 were:—

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.
M.F.M.F.
Adults633071101
Children3410623

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No action was necessary under the Public Health (Prevention
of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or Section 62 of the Public
Health Act, 1925.
G.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.
The accommodation at the Isolation Hospital was increased
during 1932 by a total of 14 beds. Six of these were provided in
the playroom attached to "F" Ward which had previously been
used for maids' sleeping quarters and 8 were provided in the small
"E" block previously used for night nurses' sleeping quarters.
The accommodation became available on the completion of the
extension of the Administrative Block which provided the following
accommodation directly or indirectly—34 single bedrooms, 8 bathrooms,
3 dining rooms (Matron, Nursing Stall and Domestic Stafi),
lecture room, linen store, sewing room, store room, Office, Matron's
office, waiting room and telephone exchange with extensions to each
ward block.
"E" block provides two small wards of 4 beds each and a duty
room between. It has already proved invaluable for accommodating
excess cases of either Diphtheria or Scarlet Fever as need arose, or