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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Disease. | Total notified. | Removed to Hospital. | Per cent. removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | Deaths per cent. of cases notified. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 192 | 177 | 91.7 | Nil | Nil |
| Diphtheria | 35 | 35 | 100 | 2 | 5.6 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | 100 | Nil | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 147 | 67 | 46 | 74 | 50.3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 38 | 5 | 13.1 | 2 | 5.2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 2 | 40 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 8 | 14.8 | Not a classified cause of death | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | 3 | 100 | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 100 | — | — |
| Measles (under 5 years) | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | Nil | Nil |
| Tuberculosis | 141 | 185* | — | 82 | 58.1 |
*This figure also includes cases notified during previous years.
Infectious Diseases Clinic:—
| Number of clinics held in connection with Infectious Diseases and Immunisation | 51 |
| Number of attendances made | 2.233 |
| Average attendance per session | 43.7 |
| Number of Scarlet Fever cases discovered | 2 |
| Number of Diphtheria cases discovered | Nil |
| Number of virulence tests taken in Diphtheria carriers | 4 |
| Number of children recommended to Rheumatism Clinic | 18 |
| Number of children recommended to Ear Clinic | 16 |
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
| The following summarises the work done:— | |
| Schick tested for the first time | 67 |
| Negative (including pseudo and negative) | 27 |
| Positive (including pseudo and positive) | 40 |
| Total number of immunisations completed during 1939:— | |
| 499 | |
| 318 | |
| (c) Over school age | 1 |
| Total | 818 |
Number not completing immunisation or left district 164
Number of Schick tests following immunisation 54