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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Outworkers were notified from the following areas:—
| City of London | 159 | St. Marylebone | 1 |
| Bethnal Green | 13 | Stepney | 10 |
| Finsbury | 64 | Shoreditch | 10 |
| Hackney | 37 | Tottenham | 6 |
| Islington | 9 | Walthamstow | 97 |
| Leyton | 61 | Westminster | 13 |
| Poplar | 9 | Other Areas | 12 |
A total of 439 visits were paid in connection with outworkers
as follows:-To Homes, 388; Factories, 22; Workshops,
29.
F.-PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
| Disease. | All ages. | Under 1 yr. | 1—5 yrs. | 5—15 yrs. | 15—25 yrs. | 25—45 yrs. | 45—65 yrs. | 65 & over | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 1034, | |||||||||
| Smallpox | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 569 | 605 | 1 | 132 | 344 | 58 | 32 | 2 | — | |
| Diphtheria | 163 | 274 | 1 | 51 | 96 | 10 | 3 | 2 | — | |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 2 | -— | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 131 | 180 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 17 | 36 | 29 | 18 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 31 | 28 | — | — | — | 14 | 17 | —- | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 69 | — | — | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 7 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| Chicken Pox | — | 530 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerebro-spinal - Meningitis | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Tuberculosis | 163 | 196 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 66 | 17 | 9 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles (under 5 years) | 27 | 870 | 4 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Totals | 1935. | 1159 | — | 10 | 228 | 483 | 155 | 173 | 76 | 34 |
| 1934 | — | 2775 | 80 | 1148 | 997 | 184 | 225 | 111 | 30 | |