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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 1940
[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 | 91 | 70 | 76.9 | Nil | Nil |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 17 | 100 | 2 | 11.7 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | 100 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Pneumonia | 92 | 28 | 30.4 | 72 | 78.2 (1) |
| puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | 1 | 2.8 | Nil | Nil |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 2 | 50 | Nil | Nil (2) |
| Erysipelas | 27 | 7 | 25.9 | Nil | Nil (2) |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 50 |
| Anterio Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | 5 | - (3) |
| Measles | 88 | 7 | 7.9 | Nil | Nil |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 2 | 14.3 | Nil | Nil |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 100 | Nil | Nil |
| Tuberculosis | 156 | 47 | 31.2 | 72 | 46.1 (4) |
1. All cases not notified.
2. a registrable cause of death.
5. Not notified.
4. Includes those notified in previous years.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES CLINIC:-
Number of clinics held in connection with Infectious Diseases
and Immunisation 53
Number of attendances made 696
Average attendance per session 13,1
Number of children recommended to Rheumatism Clinic 8
Number of children recommended to Ear Clinic 12
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Immunisation was carried out at the weekly clinic on Tuesdays,
but was discontinued at the infant schools owing to the uncertainty
of events. It was, however, re-commenced towards the end of the
year.
Total number of immunisations completed during 1940:-
(a) School age 129
(b) pre-school age 220
(c) Over school age -
Total 349.
Number not completing immunisation or left district -
Number of Schick Tests following immunisation 5
Number of attendances made at Clinic for immunisation.540
Immunisation at schools (included above)
Number completely immunised 31
Number partly immunised -
Number having extra dose,immunised in previous years 12.
First Birthday Letters.- 1038 letters were sent to the parents
of all children following their first birthday, advising them to
have their infants protected against diphtheria. 165 children
were brought and protected and 25 others were immunised by their
private practitioners.
Immunisation by General Practitioners.- Diphtheria prophylacticis
available to general practitioners. During 1940, 45 c.cs.
of alum, precipitated toxoid were issued; this quantity is
sufficient tr protect 45 children.
Scarlet Fever Immunisation.- There were no Dick Tests for
Scarlet Fever during 1940.
21.