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Walthamstow 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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NU1DER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED DURING 1941
Wearing Apparel, making of 197 Toys 1
Brush Making 52 Belts 6
Boxes 24 Feathers 1
Furs 1 Shoes and Bents 10
Artificial Flowers 1.
Total 293.
Cutworkers were notified from the following areas:-
City of London 28 Shoreditch 4
3ethnsl Green 9 Southwark 2
Finsbury 22 Stepney 2
Hackney 49 Tottenham 3
Islington 12 Wandsworth 2
Kensington 3 Walthamstow 8
Leyton 127 Westminster 8
St.Pancras 2 Woodford 12
Total 293
A total of 1037 visits were paid in connection with outworkers.
PREVALENCE OF, & CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS & OTHER DISEASES.
GENERAL.- The accompanying tables show the age and ward
incidence of the various infectious diseases which are discussed separately in later stages of the Report
| Disease | All Ages | Under 1 yr. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 & over years. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 117 | 89 | - | 35 | 62 | 8 | 11 | - | |||||||
| Diphtheria | 26 | 17 | - | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | - | - | ||||||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||||||
| Pneumonia | 138 | 90 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 17 | ||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 33 | 35 | - | - | - | 14 | 23 | 1 | - | ||||||
| Opthalmia Neonaterum | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Erysinclas | 31 | 27 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | ||||||
| Encepnalitis Lethargiea | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | ||||||
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
| Measles | 1,087 | 73 | 32 | 432 | 611 | 9 | 3 | - | - | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 451 | 14 | 39 | 237 | 171 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | ||||||
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Tuberculosis | 116 | 156 | - | 3 | 5 | 31 | 59 | 15 | 3 | ||||||
| Totals | 1941 | 2,030 | - | 81 | 724 | 886 | 88 | 154 | 72 | 25 | |||||
| 1940 | - | 526 | 18 | 91 | 91 | 82 | 141 | 69 | 22 | ||||||
| Diseases | St.James Street | High St. | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | Totals | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 24 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 117 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | ||||||||
| Enteric Fever | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | 25 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 37 | 30 | 138 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 33 | ||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 31 | ||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20 | ||||||||
| Anterier Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||||
| Measles | 268 | 193 | 122 | 36 | 163 | 300 | 1,087 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 80 | 73 | 30 | 19 | 74 | 120 | 451 | ||||||||
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Tuberculosis | 17 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 116 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1941 | 433 | 336 | 285 | 102 | 356 | 518 | 2,030 | |||||||
| 1940 | 75 | 56 | 33 | 44 | 120 | 148 | 526 | ||||||||
The statistics given in the foregoing table are those for the
calendar year 1941.
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