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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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8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Table: Control is on the lines detailed in the Board of Education's Memorandum of Closure of and Exclusion from School," 1930. Notifications in 5/15 years age-group:—

Control is on the lines detailed in the Board of Education's Memorandum of Closure of and Exclusion from School," 1930. Notifications in 5/15 years age-group:—

Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Chicken Pox.
January201615
February21155
March232821
April191318
May451527
June301917
July441440
August151011
September313216
October341311
November561152
December52848
Totals 1933390194281
Totals 1932250217524

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In addition the following notifications were received in respect
of children in this age group:— Pneumonia 25, Enteric 1,
Erysipelas 4, Anterior Poliomyelitis 3.

Table: The eases discovered by the medical staff and included in the above table were as follows:—

The eases discovered by the medical staff and included in the above table were as follows:—

Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Chicken Pox.
1933238996
193217114221

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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."