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Walthamstow 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
GENERAL.- The accompanying tables show the age and ward incidence of the various infectious diseases which are discussed separately in later pages of the Report:-
| Disease | All 1944 | Ages 1943 | Under 1 yr. | 1-5| yrs | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 &over yrs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 176 | 767 | 1 | 32 | 121 | 15 | 7 | - | - | ||||
| Diphtheria | 13 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||
| Pneumonia | 80 | 122 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | 43 | - | - | - | 10 | 18 | - | - | ||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Erysipelas | 20 | 26 | - | — | - | - | 11 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | ||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | — | _ | ||||
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | - | 1 | - | - | -. | - | - | — | - | ||||
| Measles | 406 | 618 | 12 | 168 | 208 | 15 | 3 | - | _ | ||||
| yhooping Cough | 195 | 93 | 25 | 112 | 56 | 2 | — | - | - | ||||
| Dysentery | 83 | 71 | 4 | 49 | 25 | 3 | 2 | - | - | ||||
| Malaria | 5 | - | — | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | ||||||
| Tuberculosis | 158 | 159 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 47 | 25 | 3 | ||||
| Totals 1944 | 117 0 | - | 48 | 380 | 447 | 117 | 108 | 55 | 15 | ||||
| Totals 1943 | - | 1930 | 54 | 586 | 913 | 111 | 161 | 86 | 19 | ||||
| Disease | St.James Street | High street | Hoe Street | wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | Total | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 38 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 29 | 53 | 176 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 2 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 5 | [???] | ||||||
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | [???] | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 24 | [???] | ||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | [???] | ||||||
| 0, 'halmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | — | [???] | |||||||
| Erysipelas | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | [???] | ||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | [???] | ||||||||
| Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | [???] | |||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | [???] | ||||||
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | " | - | - | [???] | ||||||
| Measles | 47 | 96 | 41 | 25 | 30 | 167 | |||||||
| whooping Cough | 41 | 45 | 21 | 26 | 32 | 30 | [???] | ||||||
| Dysentery | 2 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 28 | [???] | ||||||
| Malaria | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | [???] | ||||||
| Tuberculosi s | 18 | 15 | 29 | 20 | 37 | 39 | |||||||
| Totals 1944 | 170 | 202 | 154 | 110 | 172 | 36? | [???] | ||||||
| Totals , 1943 | 285 | 304 | 278 | 223 | 395 | 445 | [???] | ||||||
The statistics given in the foregoing table are those for the calendar
vear 1944.
The Registrar-General gives the statistics for the 52 weeks ended 31st. December 1944, and these are given in the following table, together with the case rates per 1,000 population both for England and ales and for ''althamstow: -
| Disease | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Fneu-monia | Puerperal Fvrexia | Ervsinelas. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 176 | 13 | 1 | 80 | 28 | 20 |
| Case Rate -walthamstow | 1.64 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.79 | 0.27 | 0.19 |
| England & wales | 2.40 | 0.58 | 0.01 | 0.97 | Not available | C.29 |
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