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Walthamstow 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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31ST DECEMBER, 1938.
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN LONDON OUTER RING TOWNS FOR THE 52 WEEKS ENDED
31ST DECEMBER, 1938.
| Towns in Outer Ring. | Estimated Population Mid-year, 1938. | Scarlet Fever. | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Diphtheria. | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Enteric (Typhoid and Paratyphoid) Fever. | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Acute Pneumonia (Primary & Influenzal) | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Dysentery. | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Puerperal Pyrexia.* | Rate per 1,000 Population. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Rate per 1,000 Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton M.B. | 68,670 | 158 | 2.3 | 19 | 0.27 | _ | _ | 43 | 0.62 | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.05 |
| Barking M.B. | 76,790 | 263 | 3.4 | 164 | 2.13 | 8 | 0.10 | 119 | 1.54 | 3 | 0.03 | 24 | 0.31 | 5 | 0.06 |
| Beckenham M.B. | 70,590 | 171 | 2.4 | 21 | 0.29 | 3 | 0.04 | 31 | 0.43 | 3 | 0.04 | 13 | 0.18 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Brentford and Chiswick M.B. | 61,470 | 81 | 1.3 | 85 | 1.38 | 1 | 0.01 | 23 | 0.37 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Croydon C.B. | 243,400 | 522 | 2.1 | 284 | 1.16 | 9 | 0.03 | 40 | 0.16 | 6 | 0.02 | 60 | 0.24 | 21 | 0.08 |
| Dagenham M.B. | 107,400 | 275 | 2.5 | 130 | 1.21 | — | — | 98 | 0.91 | 1 | 0.00 | 28 | 0.26 | 8 | 0.74 |
| Ealing M.B. | 161,000 | 386 | 2.4 | 149 | 0.92 | 2 | 0.01 | 103 | 0.64 | 12 | 0.07 | 45 | 0.27 | 15 | 0.09 |
| East Ham C.B. | 129,500 | 287 | 2.2 | 141 | 1.08 | 15 | 0.11 | 85 | 0.65 | 18 | 0.13 | 18 | 0.13 | 9 | 0.07 |
| Edmonton M.B. | 103,200 | 293 | 2.8 | 111 | 1.07 | 6 | 0.05 | 79 | 0.76 | 14 | 0.13 | 84 | 0.81 | 12 | 0.11 |
| Enfield U.D. | 91,940 | 190 | 2.0 | 59 | 0.64 | 1 | 0.01 | 96 | 1.04 | 113 | 1.22 | 10 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Finchley M.B. | 65,140 | 115 | 1.8 | 22 | 0.33 | 3 | 0.04 | 21 | 0.32 | — | — | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.01 |
| Harrow U.D. | 183,500 | 500 | 2.7 | 63 | 0.34 | 2 | 0.01 | 98 | 0.53 | 13 | 0.07 | 34 | 0.18 | 8 | 0.04 |
| Hendon M.B. | 145,100 | 288 | 2.0 | 195 | 1.34 | 5 | 0.03 | 103 | 0.71 | 66 | 0.45 | 72 | 0.49 | 18 | 0.12 |
| Heston and Isleworth M.B. | 101,500 | 315 | 3.1 | 40 | 0.39 | 4 | 0.03 | 161 | 1.58 | 2 | 0.02 | 65 | 0.64 | 10 | 0.09 |
| Hornsey M.B. | 96,680 | 144 | 1.4 | 112 | 1.15 | 3 | 0.03 | 46 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.03 | 17 | 0.17 | 4 | 0.04 |
| Ilford M.B. | 166,900 | 303 | 1.8 | 144 | 0.86 | 4 | 0.02 | 152 | 0.91 | 54 | 0.32 | 84 | 0.50 | 9 | 0.05 |
| Leyton M.B. | 117,200 | 291 | 2.4 | 191 | 1.62 | — | — | 107 | 0.91 | 26 | 0.22 | 22 | 0.18 | 2 | 0.01 |
| Mitcham M.B. | 66,020 | 150 | 2.2 | 64 | 0.97 | 1 | 0.01 | 43 | 0.65 | — | — | 4 | 0.06 | 3 | 0.04 |
| Southgate M.B. | 67,860 | 96 | 1.4 | 26 | 0.38 | 2 | 0.02 | 37 | 0.54 | 5 | 0.07 | 9 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.02 |
| Tottenham M.B. | 144,400 | 186 | 1.2 | 220 | 1.52 | — | — | 121 | 0.83 | 11 | 0.07 | 23 | 0.15 | 6 | 0.04 |
| Twickenham M.B. | 96,550 | 274 | 2.8 | 70 | 0.72 | — | — | 68 | 0.70 | 6 | 0.06 | 15 | 0.15 | 12 | 0.12 |
| Wembley M.B. | 118,800 | 416 | 3.5 | 82 | 0.69 | 4 | 0.03 | 74 | 0.62 | 15 | 0.12 | 26 | 0.21 | 7 | 0.05 |
| West Ham C.B. | 254,900 | 828 | 3.2 | 467 | 1.83 | 32 | 0.12 | 297 | 1.16 | 11 | 0.04 | 67 | 0.26 | 17 | 0.06 |
| Willesden M.B. | 187,600 | 371 | 1.9 | 415 | 2.21 | 11 | 0.05 | 284 | 1.51 | 37 | 0.19 | 47 | 0.25 | 26 | 0.13 |
| Wimbledon M.B. | 58,680 | 55 | 0.9 | 37 | 0.63 | 1 | 0.01 | 21 | 0.35 | 1 | 0.01 | 11 | 0.18 | 8 | 0.13 |
| Wood Green M.B. | 53,190 | 90 | 1.6 | 61 | 1.14 | 1 | 0.01 | 23 | 0.43 | — | — | 8 | 0.15 | 3 | 0.05 |
| Average | 117,362 | 271 | 2.3 | 129 | 1.09 | 4 | 0.03 | 93 | 0.79 | 16 | 0.13 | 31 | 0.26 | 8 | 0.06 |
* Includes Puerperal Fever.