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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| February | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | _ |
| March | 2 | — | 1 | _ | 7 | _ |
| April | 1 | 2 | 2 | _ | 2 | 2 |
| May | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| June | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| July | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| August | 2 | 3 | 1 | _ | 2 | _ |
| September | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| October | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
| November | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| December | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 1946 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 16 |
| Totals | ||||||
| l945 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 11 |
Your Council decided to continue the grant to the Walthamstow
District Nursing Association, in return for which the Association
was, amongst other services, required to provide home nursing
facilities for cases of pneumonia.
The local practice 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
sanitation which may be found. Otherwise there is little gained
by notification.
ERYSIPELAS
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 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 & over. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| February | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| March | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| April | 5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| May | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| June | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| July | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| August | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| September | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| October | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| November | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — |
| December | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1946 | 34 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 17 | 9 |
| 1945 | 26 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 |