Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following Table shows Infectious diseases according to Wards,
and the number removed to Hospital:—
Local Government Board Form.]
TABLE III.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality. | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | ||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||||
Small Pox | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | 147 | 2 | 48 | 78 | 11 | 8 | - | 31 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 9 |
Membranous croup | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
Erysipelas | 117 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 70 | 4 | 46 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 14 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 292 | 3 | 86 | 164 | 26 | 13 | - | 67 | 73 | 56 | 27 | 69 | 40 | 46 | 30 | 18 | 31 |
Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteric Fever | 88 | - | 3 | 32 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Puerperal Fever | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Chicken Pox | 43 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 700 | 14 | 158 | 314 | 70 | 139 | 5 | 179 | 153 | 133 | 98 | 137 | 83 | 75 | 49 | 46 | 48 |