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Walthamstow 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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HOSPITAL TREATMENT OF SMALLPOX.
No case of Smallpox was admitted to your Smallpox Hospital
under the agreement with the Corporation of Leytom
for six beds to be retained for the use of Smallpox patients
from their area at a retaining fee of £100 per annum, and a
maintenance charge of £6 per patient per week.
SCARLET FEVER.
A total of 569 cases of Scarlet Fever was notified in 1935,
as compared with 605 in 1934.
The following tables show the incidence by months, ages and wards:—
| Month. | All Ages. | Under l yr. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 & over. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52 | - | 17 | 26 | 4 | 5 | - | - | ||||||
| February | 51 | - | 13 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | ||||||
| March | 45 | - | 7 | 28 | 7 | 3 | - | - | ||||||
| April | 52 | - | 5 | 34 | 7 | 6 | - | - | ||||||
| May | 40 | - | 8 | 19 | 11 | 2 | - | - | ||||||
| June | 52 | - | 14 | 33 | 5 | - | - | - | ||||||
| July | 38 | 7 | 28 | 3 | — | - | - | |||||||
| August | 39 | - | 9 | 27 | 3 | - | - | - | ||||||
| September | 43 | - | 12 | 25 | 4 | 2 | - | - | ||||||
| October | 67 | - | 18 | 41 | 3 | 4 | - | - | ||||||
| November | 41 | - | 8 | 26 | 3 | 4 | - | - | ||||||
| December | 49 | - | 14 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||
| Totals | 1935 | 569 | 1 | 132 | 344 | 58 | 32 | 2 | - | |||||
| 1934 | 605 | 2 | 115 | 385 | 56 | 40 | 4 | - | ||||||
| Month | St. James' Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | ||||||||
| January | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 7 | ||||||||
| February | 9 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 3 | ||||||||
| March | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | ||||||||
| April | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||
| May | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| June | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 20 | ||||||||
| July | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 21 | |||||||||
| August | 6 | 2 | - | 21 | ||||||||||
| September | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | ||||||||
| October | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 43 | ||||||||
| November | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 | ||||||||
| December | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1935 | 64 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 134 | 202 | |||||||
| 1934 | 96 | 47 | 70 | 73 | 175 | 144 | ||||||||