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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Work continued on the Brooke Road Area Relief Scheme during
the year, and the Low Hall Farm Storm Tanks were commenced in
March. 1960. Both schemes will be completed during the summer
of 1961.
| Disease | St. James Street | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 34 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 46 | 178 |
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 71 | 72 | 242 |
| Measles | 31 | 10 | 11 | 74 | 19 | 53 | 198 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 36 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis. | |||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Infective Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post Infectious Encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | 22 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 35 | 130 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 26 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 10 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 67 |
| Erysinelas | 2 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis: | |||||||
| Respiratory | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 41 |
| Meninges and Central Nervous System | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Form | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Totals, 1960 | 128 | 103 | 93 | 154 | 210 | 270 | 958 |
| Totals, 1959 | 365 | 259 | 223 | 273 | 494 | 493 | 2,107 |
Diphtheria Outbreak
In January an outbreak of diphtheria occurred, (the first in
Walthamstow for ten years) which resulted in five clinical cases,
with one death, and the discovery of 74 carriers.
The infection, which was due to a virulent atypical mitis
strain, was limited to children attending the Junior and infants
departments of Roger Ascham School and to their families living
within a circumscribed area.