Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Disease. | Total. | Removed to Hospital. | Per cent, removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | Deaths per cent. of cases notified. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | Nil. | Nil. |
Scarlet Fever | 605 | 455 | 75.2 | 1 | 0.16 |
Diphtheria | 274 | 249 | 90.8 | 8 | 2.9 |
Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
Pneumonia | 180 | 54 | 30.0 | 118 | 65.5 |
Puerperal Fever | 13 | 10 | 76.9 | 6 Note (i) | 14.6 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | ||
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | Nil. | Nil. |
Erysipelas | 69 | 32 | 46.3 | Note (ii) | — |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 Note (iii) | — |
Chickenpox | 530 | — | — | Nil. | Nil. |
Tuberculosis | 196 | 138 | 70.4 | 98 | 50.0 |
Measles | 870 | 41 | 4.7 | 22 | 25.2 |
Encephalitis Lethargica .. | 1 | — | 4 Note (iv) | — |
The percentage of oases of scarlet fever and diphtheria removed
to Hospital remained almost identical with the 1933 percentage.
Note (1)—These deaths refer only to those occurring in notified
fever and pyrexia cases. The total number of maternal deaths in
the area was 12.
Note (ii).—Erysipelas is not a classified cause of death.
Note (iii).—One fatality occurred in a non-notified case.
Note (iv).—The excess of deaths over oases notified is due to
cases notified in previous years.
Infectious Disease Clinic.— As in previous years this Clinic
was held weekly on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. The work done at the
Clinic is roughly that of an Out-Patient Department to the Infectious
Disease Hospital and is as follows:—
(a) Examination of all school and pre-school contacts of notified
cases of Infectious Disease and determination of date of return to
school in the former.
(b) Examination of other close contact oases.
(c) Examination of patients after discharge from the Isolation
Hospital and the reference of all doubtful heart oases to the
Education Committee's Rheumatism Clinic (see School Medical
Officer's Report) and "following; up" generally.
(d) Diphtheria Immunisation.
This Clinic is taken personally by your Medical Officer of
Health.