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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
Waltham Forest 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES - NOTIFICATIONS
| DISEASE | 1ST QUARTER | 2ND QUARTER | 3RD QUARTER | 4 TH QUARTER | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 54 | 23 | 48 | 147 |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 47 | 20 | 39 | 123 |
| Measles | 18 | 111 | 211 | 817 | 1,157 |
| Tuberculosis | 20 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 79 |
| Paratyphoid | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 43 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 28 |
| Food Poisoning | 10 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| Diphtheria | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 135 | 279 | 305 | 938 | 1,657 |
TUBERCULOSIS New Notifications and Deaths during 1965
| 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 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10-14 years | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-19 years | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20-24 years | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-34 years | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 35-44 years | 8 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 45-54 years | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 55-64 years | 10 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 65 and over | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Totals | 49 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | - | 3 |
| 65 | 14 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| 79 | 11 | |||||||
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