Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES - NOTIFICATIONS
DISEASE | 1ST QUARTER | 2N D QUARTER | 3RD QUARTER | 4TH QU ARTER | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 67 | 45 | 17 | 26 | 155 |
Whooping Cough | 32 | 40 | 133 | 71 | 276 |
Measles | 2,087 | 363 | 96 | 69 | 2,615 |
Tuberculosis | 20 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 77 |
Typhoid | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
Paratyphoid | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Dysentery | 6 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 32 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
Acute Pneumonia | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
Food Poisoning | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Erysipelas | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
Acute Encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Totals | 2,238 | 495 | 292 | 203 | 3,228 |
TUBERCULOSIS New Notifications and Deaths during 1967
AGE PERIODS | N EW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PULMON ARY | NON-PULMONARY | PULMON ARY | NON-PULMONARY | |||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Under 1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1-4 years | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5-9 years | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 - 14 years | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 - 19 years | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 - 24 years | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | _ | — | — |
25 - 34 years | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
35 - 44 years | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
45 - 54 years | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
55 - 64 years | 11 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
65 and over | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
47 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | |
Totals | 67 | 10 | 5 | 1 | ||||
77 | 6 |
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