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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: The following is a summary of the Quarterly Returns made to the Ministry of Health :—

The following is a summary of the Quarterly Returns made to the Ministry of Health :—

Disease1st quarter2nd quarter3rd quarter4th quarterTotal
Scarlet Fever36221334105
Whooping Cough261122867
Measles483131268486
Diphtheria—----
Pneumonia15851442
Meningococcal Infection-----
Acute Poliomyelitis : Paralytic-11-2
Non-Paralytic-----
Acute Infective Encephalitis---11
Post Infectious Encephalitis-----
Dysentery36645179230
Ophthalmia Neonatorum-----
Puerperal Pyrexia179151859
Smallpox-----
Paratyphoid Fever-----
Typhoid Fever-----
Food Poisoning1239428
Erysipelas353415
Malaria-----
Tuberculosis : Respiratory1716111054
Meninges and Central Nervous System-----
Other forms21126
Totals1682232624421,095

Table: MEASLESThe following table shows the incidence of measles in Waltham-stow between 1932 (when the disease became notifiable) and 1958:—

MEASLES

The following table shows the incidence of measles in Waltham-stow between 1932 (when the disease became notifiable) and 1958:—

Yearly AveragesNotificationsDeaths
1932/35 (4 years)42710.75
1936/40 (5 „ )3092.6
1941/45 (5 „ )7141.4
1946/50 (5 „ )8161.0
1951/55 (5 „ )1,3720.4
1956/59 (3 „ )7930.3

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DIPHTHERIA
Two cases were removed to hospital for observation, but
neither was confirmed. The last confirmed case was in 1950 and the
last death from diphtheria in 1946.