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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED DURING 1947
| Wearing Apparel, making of | 140 | Toys | 2 |
| Racquet & Tennis Balls | 5 | ||
| Boxes | 6 | Brush making | 10 |
| Total | 163 | ||
Outworkers were notified from the following areas : —
| Bethnal Green | 3 | Leyton | 40 |
| City of London | 8 | Shoreditch | 6 |
| Chingford | 3 | Stepney | 2 |
| Finsbury | 26 | Tottenham | 3 |
| Hackney | 21 | Walthamstow | 32 |
| Islington | 5 | Westminster | 4 |
| Kensington | 5 | Other areas | 5 |
| Total | 163 | ||
338 visits were paid in connection with outworkers.
F.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
General.—The accompanying tables show the age and ward incidence of the various infectious diseases which are discussed separately in later pages of the report
| All ages. | Under | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 1946 | l yr. | yrs. | yrs. | yrs. | yrs. | yrs. | over. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 232 | 178 | 47 | 175 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Diphtheria | * | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | — | 3 | |||||||
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 151 | 82 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 27 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | 33 | — | — | — | 12 | 18 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 48 | 34 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 9 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinalMeningitis | 9 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis | 24 | — | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| Measles | 1081 | 503 | 47 | 636 | 388 | 9 | 1 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 223 | 197 | 22 | 133 | 62 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 151 | 167 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 55 | 49 | 24 | 5 |
| Totals, 1947 | 1,954 | _ | 83 | 841 | 670 | 106 | 132 | 80 | 42 |
| Totals, 1946 | — | 1,259 | 56 | 500 | 401 | 75 | 131 | 70 | 26 |
* There were 38 cases of Diphtheria (for observation), all of which were
removed -to hospital, but none were confirmed.