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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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From the foregoing tables it will be seen that the outstanding features of 1933 were:—
Increases in Scarlet Fever, Erysipelas and Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. Absence of Smallpox. Decreases in Chicken Pox, and Measles.
| Disease. | Total. | Removed to Hospital. | Per cent. removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | Deaths per cent. of cases notified. |
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| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 681 | 520 | 76.3 | 4 | 0.58 |
| Diphtheria | 334 | 301 | 90.1 | 7 | 2.1 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Pneumonia | 169 | 76 | 45.0 | 114 | 67.6 |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 9 | 30.0 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 22 | 18 | 81.8 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | 7 | 3 | 42.8 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Erysipelas | 73 | 24 | 32.8 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 4 | 57.1 |
| Chicken Pox | 409 | 1 | 0.2 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Tuberculosis | 156 | 110 | 70.5 | 100 | 64.1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 2 | 66.6 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Measles | 58 | 2 | 3.4 | Nil. | Nil. |
The increase from 31.4 in 1932 to 45 in 1933 in the percentage
of cases of Pneumonia removed to Hospital is gratifying in view
of the skilled nursing which is so essential in these cases.
Of the total notifications the following were made by the
Medical Staff of the Department:—
Diphtheria, 118; Scarlet Fever, 29; Chicken Pox, 118.
Infectious Disease Clinic.—As in previous years this Clinic
was held weekly on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. The work done at the