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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 1967
[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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