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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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separate room), no other inmate of the house to be employed in the
preparation or distribution of food to the public and adequate
medical supervision to be available
The following table with respect to the incidence of Return Cases during the last five years will bear out this statement.
| Year. | Following Hospital Treatment. | Following Home Isolation. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Cases. | Return Cases. | Primary Cases. | Return Cases. | |||
| No. | No. | Percentage. | No. | No. | Percentage. | |
| 1934 | 465 | 16 | 3.4 | 140 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 1935 | 454 | 28 | 6.1 | 115 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1936 | 287 | 2 | 0.6 | 62 | 1 | 1.6 |
| Total | 1,206 | 46 | 3.8 | 317 | 3 | 0.9 |
| 1937 | 205 | 2 | 0.9 | 45 | Nil | Nil |
The high return case rate for 1934/5 will be noted—the obvious
explanation being the high incidence causing relative overcrowding
of Wards with consequent increased complications, cross-infection
and return cases
DIPHTHERIA
A total of 101 cases of Diphtheria was notified during 1937, as
compared with 106 in 1936
The following tables show the incidence by months, ages and wards:—
| Month | All ages | Under 1 yr | 1-5 yrs | 5-15 yrs | 15-25 yrs | 25-45 yrs | 45-65 yrs | 65 & over | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | |
| February | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| March | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | |
| April | 7 | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | |
| May | 5 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | ||
| June | 7 | — | 5 | — | — | — | |||
| July | 6 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| August | 7 | — | n | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| September | 11 | — | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | — | ||
| October | 13 | — | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | |
| November | 9 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| December | 7 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 1937 | 101 | 4 | 24 | 64 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| 1936 | 106 | — | 21 | 67 | 8 | 9 | 1 | — | |