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Walthamstow 1964
[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 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 26 | 94 |
| Whooping Cough | 23 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 81 |
| Measles | 13 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 70 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Infective Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Post Infectious Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 63 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 114 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 3 | 6 | 10 | - | 5 | 24 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Respiratory | 7 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 48 |
| Meninges and Central Nervous System | 2 | _ | _ | - | _ | - | 2 |
| Other Forms | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 10 |
| Totals, 1964 | 129 | 41 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 86 | 487 |
| Totals, 1963 | 425 | 226 | 382 | 344 | 511 | 443 | 2,331 |