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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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WHOOPING COUGH.
The following tables show the incidence by months, ages and wards:-
| Month | All Ages | Under 1 yr. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 j 45-65 yrs. yrs. | 65 & over. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| February | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | ||
| March | 30 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| April | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | — | |
| May | 33 | 4 | 18 | 11 | _ | _ | - | - | |
| June | 25 | 1 | 18 | 6 | - | — | — | - | |
| July | 39 | 4 | 26 | 9 | - | - | - | - | |
| August | 10 | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Sept ember | 6 | _ | 6 | - | - | - | - | ||
| October | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| November | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| December | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | _ | _ | — | |
| Totals | 1944.195 | 25 | 112 | 56 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 1943. 93 | 0 | 57 | 27 | - | 1 | - | - | ||
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| Month | St.james Street | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| February | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| March | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | |
| April | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| May | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| June | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| July | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | |
| August | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| September | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | |
| October | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| November | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | |
| December | 1 | - | ~~ | - | • | - | |
| Totals | 1944 | 41 | 45 | 21 | 26 | 32 | 30 |
| 1943 | 10 | 28 | 14 . . | 4 | 16 | 21 | |
TUBERCULOSIS.
The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1944:-
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary - | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| 1-5years | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 5-10 " | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 10 - 15 " | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 - 20 " | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| 20 - 25 " | 10 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | - | 1 |
| 25 - 35 " | 13 | 9 | 3 | - | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| 35 - 45 " | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 45 - 55 | 12 | - | 1 | - | 15 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 55 - 65 " | 11 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 yrs.& over | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | " |
| Totals | 74 | 57 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 6 |
| 131 | 27 | 60 | 14 | |||||
| 158 | 74 | |||||||
The 74 deaths represent a death-rate of 0.73 per 1,000 population
30.