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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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infecting agent being Salmonella Typhi-murium, and two further
'outbreaks' occurred in which cases the infecting agent was cl.
Welchii and Staphylococci.
Five of the single cases were due to Salmonella Typhi-murium,
one to Staphylococci and in one case the infecting agent was
Salmonella Waycross.
Poliomyelitis
Only two cases of Poliomyelitis (paralytic) were notified during
the year, one school-child and one pre-school child. Neither
patient had been immunised.
Tuberculosis
The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1960:-
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 -4 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-9 years | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-14 years | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-19 years | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 20-24 years | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 34 years | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35-44 years | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 45-54 years | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 55-64 years | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 65 and over | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | .22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 41 | 10 | |||||||
| 51 | 8 | |||||||