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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The following is a summary of the Quarterly Returns made to the Ministry of Health :—
Disease | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 36 | 22 | 13 | 34 | 105 |
Whooping Cough | 26 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 67 |
Measles | 4 | 83 | 131 | 268 | 486 |
Diphtheria | — | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 15 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 42 |
Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute Poliomyelitis : Paralytic | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute Infective Encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Post Infectious Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | 36 | 64 | 51 | 79 | 230 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 59 |
Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 12 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
Erysipelas | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
Malaria | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculosis : Respiratory | 17 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 54 |
Meninges and Central Nervous System | - | - | - | - | - |
Other forms | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Totals | 168 | 223 | 262 | 442 | 1,095 |
MEASLES
The following table shows the incidence of measles in Waltham-stow between 1932 (when the disease became notifiable) and 1958:—
Yearly Averages | Notifications | Deaths |
---|---|---|
1932/35 (4 years) | 427 | 10.75 |
1936/40 (5 „ ) | 309 | 2.6 |
1941/45 (5 „ ) | 714 | 1.4 |
1946/50 (5 „ ) | 816 | 1.0 |
1951/55 (5 „ ) | 1,372 | 0.4 |
1956/59 (3 „ ) | 793 | 0.3 |
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.