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Walthamstow 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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might send to me at once notice of such cases not coming under the
Infectious Diseases Notification Act.
Owing to misinterpretation at first, the Sanitary Office was flooded
with such, but upon further information given, 37 genuine notices were
sent and visits were paid to the Schools or homes of the children.
The diseases were mainly Mumps, Chicken Pox, Ophthalmia and
Impetigo. Those that were dangerous to others were excluded by the
School Authority, but the notification and visits entailed a good
deal of work.
The rapid growth of the district and the enormous child population
in our midst with the experience of last year, impresses one with the
feeling that now the Elementary Schools are taken over by the
Council—the authority responsible for the Public Health—the time has
come to consider the more efficient medical supervision of the Schools
under your control.
The following requirements are needed for the
sanitary equipment of your district:—
1. Further Isolation Hospital accommodation.
2. Separate vans for the removal of infected and disinfected articles.
3. More adequate provision for the disposal of sewage.
4. Refuse Destructor.
5. More public conveniences as in St. Tames' Street and Selborne
Road.
APPENDIX.
Local Government Board Forms :—
Table I.
Table II.
Table III.
Table IV.
Chart showing Birth, Death and Zymotic Death Rates.
Table, Census 1901.
Tables of Population showing Occupation and Birthplace
and Number of Tenements of Less than
Five Rooms.