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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
Walthamstow 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table shows the distribution of cases of Diphtheria in
the various wards, since I have been your Medical Officer of Healt :—
TABLE XVII.
| Year. | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population. | No. of Cases. | Rate per 1,000. | Population. | No. of Cases. | Rate per 1,000. | Population. | No. of Cases. | Rate per 1,000. | Population. | No. of Cases. | Rate per 1,000. | Population. | No. of Cases. | Rate per 1,000. | |
| 1898 | 17,620 | 37 | 2 | 15,320 | 54 | 3.5 | 22,019 | 67 | 3.0 | 13,140 | 65 | 5.0 | 11,900 | 11 | 1.0 |
| 1899 | 21,942 | 112 | 5 | 19,452 | 79 | 4.3 | 21,523 | 81 | 3.0 | 13,888 | 45 | 3.2 | 10,478 | 28 | 2.6 |
| 1900 | 23,133 | 203 | 9 | 19,936 | 107 | 5.0 | 23,039 | 64 | 3.0 | 14,767 | 104 | 6.9 | 14,508 | 49 | 3.2 |
| 1901 | 23,218 | 144 | 6 | 19,886 | 74 | 3.7 | 21,508 | 53 | 2.5 | 15,512 | 41 | 2.6 | 16,884 | 21 | 1.3 |
| 1902 | 23,000 | 43 | 1.87 | 20,000 | 26 | 1.3 | 22,000 | 25 | 1.14 | 16,000 | 25 | 1.56 | 20,000 | 23 | 1.15 |
| 1903 | 23,600 | 31 | 1.31 | 20,000 | 23 | 1.15 | 22,500 | 29 | 1.29 | 16,500 | 37 | 2.24 | 23,500 | 27 | 1.15 |