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Walthamstow 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
One case was notified in the Hale End ward.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
See Maternity and Child Welfare Section.
PNEUMONIA.
The tables show the inoidence by months, ages and wards.
| Month | All Ages | Under 1 yr. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 & over. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | • | |
| February | 14 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| March | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| April | 18 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| May | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| June | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| July | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| August | • | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| September | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| October | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | ||
| November | 7 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Deoember | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | ||
| Totals | 1944 | 80 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 |
| 1943 | 122 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 13 | |
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| Month | St.James Street | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 1 | |
| February | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| March | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| April | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| May | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| June | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | ||
| July | 1 | 2 | _ | 2 | 2 | ||
| August | - | - | - | ||||
| September | - | - | 2 | ||||
| October | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| November | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| December | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 1944 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| 1943 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 30 | 25 | |
Your Council decided to continue the grant to the Walthamston
District Nursing Association, in return for which the Association
was, amongst other services, required to provide home nursing
facilities for oases of pneumonia.
Bacteriological examination of sputum and typing is available
through the medium of the exoellent laboratory service provided by
the Essex County Council.
The local praotice is for the District Sanitary Inspector to
visit on receipt of a notification and to make the necessary
enquiries and opportunity is taken to'deal with any obvious defects
In [???]n which may bo found.
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