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Walthamstow 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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CLINICAL REPORT.

Dr. Hamilton, Resident Medical Officer, reports as follows:-

AGE AND SEX OF PATIENT ASMITTED DURING 1944.

Under 5 years.5-10 yrs.10-15 yrs.Over 15 yrs.Total .Grand Total.
MFMFMFMFMF
Scarlet Fever30332023915676578143
Diphtheria151151076612333972
Measles3313-125813
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.-1-1----22
Whooping Cough14202 i----162036
Rubella---30,3030
Sonne Dysentery123----1-13316
Phthisi s-----33-3333
Other Diseases1020683533223658
Staff1---- 1-r333
Totals8491344519264760184222406
1757945107406

SEX AND AGE AT DEATH.
Thirteen.deaths occurred, details of which are given below*. -
6 Phthisis 6 Females aged 17, 24, 22, 47, 51 & 20 years.
1 Diphtheria 1 Male aged 4 years.
1 Whooping Cough 1 Male aged 5 weeks.
4 Broncho-pneumonia 1 Male 3mths., 3 females aged 2 yrs., 11 months,
complicating 17.Cough and 3 months.
1 Broncho-pneumonia 1 . male aged 10 months.
complicating S.Fever
The year's work was entirely uneventful.
One little girl aged 4 years was transferred to the L.C.C.
Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System, at Chase Farm, suffering
from encephalitis complicating measles - the measles rash was still
present - She died twenty-four hours after admission there.
Other diseases cover a wide field including nursing mothers and
babies at breast, colds, tonsillitis, Vincents Angina, ringworm and
impetigo.

NUMBER OF OUTSIDE AUTHORITIES' CASES& NATURE.

Measles.Diphthoria.Scarte Fever.Other Diseases.Totals.
Leyton923462098
Epping---88
Middlesex C.C.--11
H.M.Forces.-733747
Totals.9305065154