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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 1963
[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 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 11 | 67 |
| Whooping Cough | 53 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 40 | 36 | 207 |
| Measles | 319 | 186 | 213 | 229 | 407 | 343 | 1,697 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 40 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Infective Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post Infectious Encephalitis | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | 29 | 11 | 119 | 31 | 5 | 21 | 216 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | - | 19 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Respiratory | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 55 |
| Meninges and Central Nervous System | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Forms | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Totals, 1963 | 425 | 226 | 382 | 344 | 511 | 443 | 2,331 |
| Totals, 1962 | 58 | 25 | 51 | 97 | 81 | 95 | 407 |