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Walthamstow 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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15
8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Notification in the 5-15 years age group during 1945 was as
follows, 1944 cases are shown in parenthesis:—Scarlet Fever
188 (124), Diphtheria 8 (9), Pneumonia 10 (15), Erysipelas 1
(Nil), Cerebro-spinal Meningitis Nil (1), Measles 242 (208), Whooping
Cough 41 (55), Dysentery 26 (25), Anterior Poliomyelitis 1 (Nil).
Non-notifiable infectious diseases chiefly brought to light by
the weekly returns made by Head Teachers under the local
"Regulations as to Infectious Diseases in Schools."

Table: The monthly figures were as follows:—

The monthly figures were as follows:—

Sore Throat.Measles.Whooping Cough.Mumps.Chicken Pox.Ringworm & Scabies.Impetigo Sores, etc.Sore Eyes.
January-2--8---
February246—-7—3—
March1652611811—
April3—-1826—
May—42—-4———
June—---231-—
July—11184—1—
August-------—
September-811211-
October-19-313---
November-61212-3-
December—10613—1—
Totals0199462692516—

Table: The following are the weekly average numbers of children away from school owing to exclusions and the non-notifiable infectious and other diseases named:—

The following are the weekly average numbers of children away from school owing to exclusions and the non-notifiable infectious and other diseases named:—

Exclusions.Chicken Pox.Measles & G.M.Whooping CoughSore Throat.Influenza.Diarrhoea.Mumps.Scabies.Ringworm.Various.Totals.
194532441915312756218385584
1944331414741231854243373685