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Walthamstow 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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45
F.— PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
General. — The following tables show the age and ward incidence of the various infectious diseases which are referred to in later pages of the report.
| All ages. | Under 1 yr. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 & over. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1950 | ||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 118 | 181 | 1 | 29 | 85 | 3 | – | – | – | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 742 | 502 | 47 | 421 | 262 | 2 | 9 | 1 | – | ||||||
| Measles | 2295 | 308 | 59 | 1137 | 1085 | 10 | 4 | – | – | ||||||
| Diphtheria | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 84 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 19 | ||||||
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 5 | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | – | ||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis : Paralytic | 8 | 13 | – | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | ||||||
| Non-Paralytic | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | ||||||
| Acute Infect. Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Post Infect. Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Dysentery | 159 | 6 | 85 | 34 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 2 | |||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 43 | 14 | – | – | – | 16 | 27 | – | – | ||||||
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | ||||||
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | ||||||
| Food Poisoning | 14 | 28 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 33 | 29 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 13 | 11 | ||||||
| Malaria | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | ||||||
| Tuberculosis | 123 | 105 | – | 9 | 13 | 31 | 41 | 26 | 3 | ||||||
| Totals, 1951 | 3631 | – | 110 | 1691 | 1496 | 81 | 132 | 85 | 36 | ||||||
| Totals, 1950 | – | 1237 | 45 | 506 | 468 | 61 | 79 | 57 | 21 | ||||||
| St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | Totals. | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 34 | 27 | 118 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 101 | 92 | 86 | 88 | 202 | 173 | 742 | ||||||||
| Measles | 333 | 231 | 372 | 259 | 550 | 550 | 2,295 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Pneumonia | 21 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 84 | ||||||||
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis : Paralytic | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Non-Paralytic | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Acute Infect. Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Post Infect. Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Dysentery | 41 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 56 | 159 | ||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 43 | ||||||||
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||||
| Typhoid Fever | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||||
| Food Poisoning | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 11 | 33 | ||||||||
| Malaria | – | 1 | – | –_ | – | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Tuberculosis | 22 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 123 | ||||||||
| Totals, 1951 | 549 | 376 | 531 | 429 | 861 | 885 | 3,631 | ||||||||
| Totals, 1950 | 220 | 136 | 199 | 114 | 306 | 262 | 1,237 | ||||||||