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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Outworkers were notified from the following areas'—
| City of London | 149 | St. Marylebone | 7 |
| Bethnal Green | 3 | Stepney | 9 |
| Finsbury | 61 | Shoreditch | 12 |
| Hackney | 46 | Tottenham | 12 |
| Islington | 8 | Walthamstow | 104 |
| Leyton | 101 | Westminster | 11 |
| Poplar | 12 | Other Areas | 15 |
| Total | 550 | ||
A total of 724 visits was paid in connection with outworkers
as follows:—To Homes, 660; Factories, 51; Workshops, 13.
F.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
General. —The accompanying tables show the age and ward incidence of the various infectious diseases which are discussed separately in later pages of the Report :—
| Disease. | All | ages. | Under 1 yr. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 A over. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soarlet Fever | 207 | 315 | 1 | 51 | 116 | 24 | 12 | 3 | _ |
| Diphtheria | 101 | 106 | 4 | 24 | 64 | 6 | 3 | — | _ |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | 8 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 154 | 151 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 34 | 17 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 34 | 30 | — | — | — | 11 | 23 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 61 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 7 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - |
| Polio-encephalitis | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — | 1 | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | — | - | - |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | - | - | - |
| Measles (under 5 years) | 13 | 671 | 2 | 11 | — | - | - | - | -_ |
| Dysentery | 84 | 5 | — | 30 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis | 154 | 141 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 60 | 24 | 6 |
| 1937 Totals 1930 | 842 | - | 26 | 150 | 255 | 124 | 177 | 80 | 30 |
| — | 1493 | 49 | 745 | 330 | 118 | 156 | 66 | 29 |