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Walthamstow 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED
1957
Wearing Apparel (making
of) 502
Household Linen 4
Lace, lace curtains 9
Curtains and Furniture
hangings 2
Umbrellas, etc 2
Artificial Flowers 10
Furniture and Upholstery 3
Handbags 5
Paper bags 9
Boxes 50
Brush making 21
Carding, etc., of buttons,
etc. 2
Stuffed Toys 24
Cosaques, Christmas
Crackers, etc. 40
Lampshades 4
Total 687
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.
The total incidence for 1957 was considerably larger than in
1956. There were more cases of poliomyelitis, food poisoning and
measles, but fewer of scarlet fever, whooping cough, dysentery,
puerperal pyrexia and erysipelas.