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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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C. - INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following table shows the ward incidence of the various infectious diseases which were notified during the year:-
| Disease | St. James Street | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 75 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 40 |
| Measles | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 94 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 38 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Infective Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post Infectious Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 2 | 14 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 62 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 23 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Respiratory | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 42 |
| Meninges and Central Nervous System | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Forms | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Totals, 1962 | 58 | 25 | 51 | 97 | 81 | 95 | 407 |
| Totals, 1961 | 164 | 192 | 275 | 357 | 469 | 371 | 1,828 |