London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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| DISEASE | 1ST QUATER | 2N D QUARTER | 3RD QUARTER | 4 TH QUARTER | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 50 | 22 | 13 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 20 | 2 | 4 | 30 | |
| Measles | 589 | 717 | 1,558 | ||
| Tuberculosis | 29 | 84 | |||
| Typhoid | - | - | " | ||
| Paratyphoid | - | - | |||
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Food Poisoning | 177 | 44 | 4 | 240 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | " | 2 | ||
| Puerpal Pyrexia- | 2 | 2 | 6 | " | |
| Acute Pneumonia | 39 | " | 41 | ||
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 33 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | 13 |
| Acute Encephalitis | - | - | - | " | - |
| Infective Jaundice | 7 | 31 | |||
| Malaria | - | - | 2 | ||
| Totals | 875 | 821 | 280 | 1 17 | 2,093 |
| AGE PERIODS | NEW C AS ES | 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 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 15 - 19 years | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 20 - 24 years | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 25 - 34 years | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 - 44 years | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 45 - 54 years | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | " | |
| 55 - 64 years | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 65 and over | 5 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| 38 | 20 | 10 | 16 | - | - | |||
| Totals | 58 | 26 | 1 | - | ||||
| - | 84 | |||||||