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Walthamstow 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The statistics given in the foregoing table are those for the
calendar year 1942
The rate for Puerperal Pyrexia is better expressed in relation
to the number of births (i.,e. live and stillbirths)registered than
to population. When calculated on this basis the rate is:-
Malthamstow 16.38
England & Wales. 12.61
The rate for Puerperal Pyrexia is better expressed in relation to the number of births (i.,e. live and stillbirths)registered than to population. When calculated on this basis the rate is:-
| Disease | Total Notified | Removed to Ho spital | Per cent, removed to Hos pi tal' | Deaths | Deaths per cent. of cases notified. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 421 | 253 | 60.1 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Diphtheria | 6 | 6 | 1CC.0 | 1 | 16.6 |
| enteric Fever | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Pneumonia | 91 | 39 | 42.8 | 74 | 81.3 (1) |
| Fuerperal Pyrexia | 29 | 6 | 20.6 | Ml. | Nil. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | Nil. | Nil.(2) |
| Erysipe las | 35 | 4 | 11.4 | Nil. | Nil.(2) |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 15 | 15 | 100.0 | 2 | 13.3 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | 2 | Nil.(3) | |
| Measles | 769 | 23 | 3.0 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Whooping Cough | 151 | 20 | 13.2 | 4 | 2.6 |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Tuberculosi s | 148 | 183(3) | 56 | 37 .8 | |
| Dysentery | 3 | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. |
1. All cases not notified.
2. Not a registrable cause of death.
3. Not notified, or notified in previous years.
The following table shows the work done at the infectious disease
clinic ,the large majority of patients being of school age:-
Number of clinics held in connection with infectious diseases.. 52
Number of attendances made 770
Average attendance per session 15.6
Number of children recommended to rheumatism clinic 14
" " " " " ear clinic 15
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Immunisation was carried out at the weekly clinic on Tuesdays
at 2 p.m. and at all departments at schools, along the lines
detailed in the previous reports. The following summarises the
work done:-
Schick tested for the first time 67
Negative (including pseudo and negative) 32
Positive (including pseudo and positive) 35
Total number of immunisations completed during 1942:-
(a) School age
(b) Pre-school age 1555
(c) Over school age 31
3898
Number not completing immunisation 360
Number of Schick tests following immunisation 124
Number of attendances made at clinic for immunisation 3642
Average attendance per session 70.4
Immunisation at schools (included above):-
Number completely immunised 2016
Number partly immunised 93
Number having extra dose, immunised in previous years 998
16.