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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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| Disease. | Total. | Removed to Hospital. | Per cent, removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | Deaths per cent, of cases notified. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 569 | 456 | 80.14 | Nil | Nil |
| Diphtheria | 163 | 151 | 92.7 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | Nil | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 131 | 67 | 51.14 | 72 | 55.0 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 2* | 5.7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 31 | 10 | 32.2 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | — | — | Nil |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 15 | 27.7 | Not a classified cause of Death. | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Tuberculosis | 163 | 139 | 85.3 | 75 | 46.0 |
| Measles | 27 | 2 | 7.4 | 1 | 3.7 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | Nil | Nil |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | Nil | Nil |
* These deaths refer only to those occurring in notified fever and
pyrexia cases. The total number of maternal deaths in the area was 5.
Infectious Disease Clinic.—As in previous years this
Clinic was held weekly on Tuesdays at 2p.m. The work done
at the Clinic is roughly that of an Out-Patient Department to
the Infectious Disease Hospital, and was specified in detail in
the Report for 1934.
The following table gives particulars of the work done
during 1935:—
Number of patients attended 2,972
Number of attendances made 4,454
Number of Scarlet Fever cases discovered 3
Number of Diphtheria cases discovered 7
Number of virulence tests taken in Diphtheria
carriers 26
Number of children referred to Rheumatism
Clinic 24
Number of children referred to Ear Clinic 14
Number of attendances for Diphtheria
Immunisation (included above) 2,330
Particular care was taken to refer all cases with any
suspicion either of rheumatism or of cardiac involvement to
the next following rheumatism clinic. The following extract
from Dr. Sheldon's report of the work of the clinic is taken
from the School Medical Officer's report for 1935:—
"The practice of referring children to the clinic whohave
been thought to manifest some rheumatic condition after
discharge from the isolation hospital has been continued.