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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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45
OUTWORKERS WERE NOTIFIED FROM THE
FOLLOWING AREAS.
City of London 145
Bethnal Green 15
Finsbury 54
Hackney 37
Islington 8
Leyton 51
Poplar 10
St. Marylebone 4
Stepney 9
Shoreditch 12
Tottenham 5
Walthamstow 103
Westminster 10
Other Areas 9
A total of 319 visits were paid in connection with outworkers
as follows:—To Homes, 283; Factories, 21; Workshops, 15.
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 yrs. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 & over. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 1933 | |||||||||
| Smallpox | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 605 | 681 | 2 | 118 | 385 | 56 | 40 | 4 | — | |
| Diphtheria | 274 | 334 | 7 | 57 | 171 | 26 | 11 | 2 | — | |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 5 | — | — | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Pneumonia | 180 | 169 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 44 | 31 | 17 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | 8 | — | — | — | 2 | 11 | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | 22 | — | — | — | 12 | 16 | - | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 7 | 5 | — | — | - | - | - | — | |
| Erysipelas | 69 | 73 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 11 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | — | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 7 | — | — | 1 | - | - | - | — | |
| Chickenpox | 530 | 409 | 9 | 112 | 386 | 17 | 6 | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis | 196 | 156 | — | 6 | 14 | 50 | 79 | 45 | 2 | |
| Poliomyelitis | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | 870 | 58 | 48 | 822 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 1934 | 2775 | - | 80 | 1148 | 997 | 184 | 225 | Ill | 30 |
| 1933 | - | 1932 | 47 | 390 | 958 | 177 | 243 | 93 | 24 | |