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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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total of 49 cases were scholars at the Nursery School and 25 were
direct home contacts of these cases The remaining 9 were sporadic
cases in homes in this portion of the Borough
(6) Second Ser es
Following the apparent termination of the Nursery School
outbreak, three cases were notified between 8th and 23rd November
A circular letter was again sent to all medical practitioners in the
Borough stating the Wards in which the cases had occurred and
giving all available information Twenty-five of the cases attended
some 19 different schools, all of which, with one exception, were
situated in that part of the Borough to the south of Forest Road
As with the first series of cases, no common cause could be discovered
and the infection appeared to be spread from case to case
The age grouping of the cases is as follows:—
| First Series | Second Series | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-5 years | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 5-10 years | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 10-15 years | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 15-25 years | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 25-45 years | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Over 45 years | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 49 | 35 | 84 |
PNEUMONIA
The tables show the incidence by months, ages and wards Most of the cases removed to Hospital received treatment at Whipps Crow Hospital :—
| Month | All ages | Under 1 yr | 1-5 yrs | 5-15 yrs | 15-25 yrs | 25-45 yrs | 45-65 yrs | 65& over | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 6 | |
| February | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| March | 7 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | |
| April | 13 | _ | 2 | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| May | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| June | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | |
| July | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| August | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| September | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Ootober | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | |
| November | 11 | _ | — | X | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| December | 18 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Totals | 1937 | 154 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 34 | 17 |
| 1936 | 151 | 4 | 19 | 37 | 16 | 38 | 20 | 17 | |