Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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All ages
0-1
year
1-4
years
5-14
years
15-24
years
25-44
years
45-64
years
65 years
and over
1955
1954
Scarlet Fever
148
187
36
105
1
6
–
–
Whooping Cough
119
372
10
63
45
–
1
–
–
Measles
1185
834
26
575
577
6
1
–
–
Diphtheria
—
—
–
–
Pneumonia
62
89
1
3
7
2
18
18
13
Meningococcal Infection
3
3
1
2
—
—
—
—
—
Acute Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic
7
3
3
1
–
–
–
Non-Paralytic
11
—
—
1
6
3
1
—
—
Acute infeotive
encephalitis
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Post infectious
encephalitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Dysentery
18
159
—
1
8
2
4
3
—
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
4
5
4
—
—
—
—
—
—
Puerperal Pyrexia
72
71
—
—
—
35
37
—
—
Smallpox
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Paratyphoid Fever
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
Typhoid Fever
1
1
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
Food Poisoning
15
22
—
3
3
1
4
3
1
Erysipelas
26
34
—
—
—
—
3
14
9
Malaria
1
2
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
Tuberculosis:
Respiratory
61
60
1
–
1
19
26
12
2
Meninges & Central
Nervous System
1
3
–
1
–
–
–
–
Other forms
11
4
–
1
–
1
3
3
3
Totals, 1955
1746
–
43
688
757
71
106
53
28
Totals, 1954
1848
58
557
930
83
108
79
33
St. James
Street
High
Street
Hoe
Street
Wood
Street
Hale
End
Higham
Hill
Total
Scarlet Fever
24
8
18
29
37
32
148
Whooping Cough
38
5
14
23
14
25
119
Measles
159
98
163
104
273
388
1185
Diphtheria
–
—
–
—
–
—
—
Pneumonia
11
8
4
3
13
23
62
Meningococcal Infection
2
1
—
—
—
—
3
Acute Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic
1
1
1
1
2
1
7
Non-Paralytic
2
3
1
1
2
2
11
Acute infeotive
encephalitis
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Post infectious
encephalitis
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Dysentery
1
5
–
4
3
5
18
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
–
1
–
1
2
4
Puerperal Pyrexia
6
2
9
30
10
15
72
Smallpox
—
–
–
–
—
—
–
Paratyphoid Fever
–
–
–
1
–
–
1
Typhoid Fever
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
Food Poisoning
–
–
4
1
8
2
15
Erysipelas
6
3
5
–
6
6
26
Malaria
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
Tuberculosis:
Respiratory
8
6
10
4
13
20
61
Meninge Central
Nervous System
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
Other forms
—
—
4
1
4
2
11
Totals, 1955
258
141
234
203
385
525
1746
Totals, 1954
261
241
376
207
296
467
1848