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Walthamstow 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The statistics given in the foregoing tables are those for the
calendar year 1946.
The Registrar-General gives the statistics for the 52 weeks
ended 31st December, 1946, and these are given in the following
table together with the case rates per 1,000 population both for
England and Wales and for Walthamstow :—
Scarlet Diph' Enteric Pneu- Puerperal
Disease. Fever. theria. Fever. monia. Pyrexia. Erysipelas
Number 178 23 5 82 33 34
Case rate :—
Walthamstow 1.50 0.19 0.04 0.69 0.27 0.28
England and
wales 1.38 0.28 0.03 0.89 Not available 0.22
The rate for Puerperal Pyrexia is better expressed in relation to the number of births (i.e., live and still-births) registered than to population. When calculated on this basis the rate is :—
Walthamstow 12.62
England and Wales 8.50
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* No cases were notified.
t This figure also includes cases notified during previous years.
Infectious Diseases Clinic.—The weekly clinic at 3.30 p.m. on
Wednesdays was continued, and all children of school age who had
been in contact with cases of infectious diseases were seen prior to
their return to school.