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Walthamstow 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED1959

NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED

1959

Wearing Apparel (making of)459Brush making9
Stuffed Toys4
Household Linen3Artificial Flowers9
Curtains and FurnitureCosaques, Christmas Crackers, etc4
hangings1
Furniture and Upholstery4Lampshades2
Umbrellas etc1
Boxes33Total529

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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.

Table: The total incidence for 1959 was considerably more than in 1958 principally those of scarlet fever and measles.

The total incidence for 1959 was considerably more than in 1958 principally those of scarlet fever and measles.

Whooping Cough41257163680
Measles255185971793192521,287
Diphtheria-------
Pneumonia815106171268
Meningococcal Infection-------
Acute Poliomyelitis: Paralytic-----21
Non Paralytic1-----1
Acute Infective Encephalitis_---1-1
Post Infectious Encephalitis---1--1
Dysentery1642854588186
Ophthalmia Neonatorum-------
Puerperal Pyrexia3-9239549
Smallpox-------
Paratyphoid Fever-----11
Typhoid Fever-------
Food Poisoning12627826
Erysipelas453618
Malaria-------
Tuberculosis: Respiratory9497-171561
Meninges and Central Nervous System-------
Other Forms22-217
Totals, 19593652592232734944932, 107
Totals, 1958175571701992772171,095