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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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Table: SEX AND AGE AT DEATHSeventeen deaths occurred, details of which are given below:—

SEX AND AGE AT DEATH

Seventeen deaths occurred, details of which are given below:—

5 Pulmonary TuberculosisFemales, aged 24, 31, 31, 33 and 34 years.
3 Gastro-enteritisMales, aged 4½ months, 17 days and years.
2 Broncho-pneumoniaMales, aged 13 months and 71 years.
1 Cerebral Haemorrhage complicating Whooping CoughFemale, aged 5 years.
1 Broncho-pneumonia complicating Whooping CoughMale, aged 3½ years.
1 Broncho-pneumonia complicating MeaslesMale, aged 6 months.
1 Acute PoliomyelitisMale, aged 33 years.
1 Broncho-pneumonia complicating congenital heart diseaseMale, aged 4 months.
1 Pulmonary embolism complicating congenital heart diseaseMale, aged 2½ years.
1 PyæmiaFemale, aged 37 years.

Table: Duration of Treatment.—The average duration of treatment in hospital was as follows:—

Duration of Treatment.—The average duration of treatment in hospital was as follows:—

Scarlet Fever21.2 days
Other diseases16.4 days
Diphtheria58.3 days