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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A subsequent crop of cases has occurred in the corresponding
period of 1937—again without any obvious source of infection.
The same experience has been met with in adjoining areas.
The following table gives particulars:—
No. | Ward. | Age. | Date of Notification | Diagnosis. | Where Treated. | Result. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hale End | 11 | 29.1.36 | Para-typhoid B. | Hospital | Recovered. |
2 | Wood Street | 16 | 30.1.36 | „ | „ | „ |
3 | Hale End | 12 | 2.2.36 | „ | At home | „ |
4 | Higham Hill | 24 | 13.2.36 | „ | Hospital | „ |
5 | Hale End | 64 | 17.2.36 | „ | „ | „ |
6 | Hoe Street | 12 | 17.2.36 | „ | „ | „ |
7 | Hale End | 26 | 23.7.36 | Typhoid | „ | „ |
8 | Hoe Street | 11 | 5.9.36 | „ | „ | „ |
BACILLARY DYSENTERY.
Five cases of Bacillary Dysentery were notified. Cases 3 to 5 (below) occurred in one family and were very mild. The parents declined removal to hospital.
No. | Ward. | Age. | Date of notification. | Where treated. | Result. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St. James Street | 7 | 23.1.36 | Hospital | Recovered. |
2 | Wood Street | 54 | 4.2.36 | At home | „ |
3 | St. James Street | 4 | 17.3.36 | „ | „ |
4 | „ | 2 | „ | „ | „ |
5 | „ | 8 | „ | „ | „ |
PNEUMONIA.
The tables show the incidence by months, ages and wards.
Most of the cases removed to Hospital received treatment at Whipps
Cross Hospital:—