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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 1971
[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 QUARTER | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 27 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 72 |
| Whooping Cough | 73 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 130 |
| Measles | 495 | 431 | 181 | 24 | 1,131 |
| Tuberculosis | 16 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 86 |
| Typhoid | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Acute Meningitis | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| Infective Jaundice | 19 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 80 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 638 | 564 | 267 | 79 | 1,548 |
TUBERCULOSIS New Notifications and Deaths during 1971
| AGE PERIODS | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PULMONARY | NON-PULMONARY | PULMONARY | NON-PULMONARY | |||||
| Under 1 year | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 - 4 years. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-9 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-14 years | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-19 years | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 20 - 24 years | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - 34 years | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 - 44 years | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 45 - 54 years | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 55 - 64 years | 6 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 65 and over | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 31 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Totals | 52 | 34 | 6 | - | ||||
| 86 | 6 | |||||||