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Walthamstow 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED DURING 1952
| Wearing apparel, making of 442 | Carding, etc., of Buttons | 14 |
| Paper Bags | 41 | |
| Artificial Flowers 5 | Brush-making | 6 |
| Boxes 31 | Lampshades | 6 |
| Stuffed Toys 19 | Brass and Brass articles | 8 |
| Total | 572 | |
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. It will be seen from the first table that
there was considerablv less notifiable disease in 1952 than in 1951.
Although there was an increase in notifications of scarlet fever, pneumonia, puerperal pyrexia and food poisoning, this was more than counterbalanced by fewer notifications of measles, whooping cough and dysentery.
| All Ages | Under l yr. | 1-5 yrs. | 5-15 yrs. | 15-25 yrs. | 25-45 yrs. | 45-65 yrs. | 65 & over | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 1951 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 418 | 118 | - | 79 | 327 | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 189 | 742 | 18 | 88 | 81 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 1,572 | 2,295 | 41 | 654 | 868 | 7 | 2 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 100 | 84 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 28 | 24 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis: Paralytic | 8 | 8 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Non-Paralytic | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Infective Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post Infective Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 9 | 159 | 2 | 1 | 2 | _- | 3 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 73 | 43 | - | - | - | 29 | 44 | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 22 | 14 | - | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Erysipelas | 32 | 33 | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 13 | 9 |
| Malaria | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis | 115 | 123 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 46 | 21 | 5 |
| Totals 1952 | 2,547 | - | 69 | 844 | 1,310 | 76 | 142 | 67 | 39 |
| Totals 1951 | - | 3,631 | 110 | 1,691 | 1,496 | 81 | 132 | 85 | 36 |