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St. James
Street.
High
Street.
Hoe
Street.
Wood
Street.
Hale
End.
Higham
Hill.
Totals.
Scarlet Fever
37
24
28
66
45
32
232
Diphtheria
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Typhoid Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Paratyphoid Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Pneumonia
26
23
26
19
27
30
151
Puerperal Pyrexia
3
1
4
3
10
9
30
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
1
1
1
—
1
1
5
Erysipelas
8
9
6
2
9
14
48
Encephalitis Lethargica
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Polio-encephalitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
2
1
1
1
2
2
9
Anterior Poliomyelitis
8
2
2
2
5
5
24
Measles
184
164
161
108
188
276
1081
Whooping Cough
40
17
26
22
55
63
223
Dysentery
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Malaria
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Tuberculosis
21
17
20
12
43
38
151
Totals, 1947
330
259
275
235
385
470
1,954
Totals, 1946
233
203
183
158
182
300
1,259
The statistics given in the foregoing tables are those for the
calendar year 1947.
The Registrar-General gives the statistics for the 52 weeks
ended 31st December, 1947, 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:—
Disease.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Enteric
Fever.
Pneumonia.
Puerperal
Pyrexia.
Erysipelas
Number
232
—
—
151
30
48
Case rate:—
Walthamstow
1.89
—
—
1.23
0.24
0.39
England and
Wales
1.37
0.13
0.02
0.79
Not available
0.19
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 10.99
England and Wales 7.16