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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table shows the number of cases of the various diseases
certified each month during the year:—
TABLE XIII.—
| 1904. Notificatons. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar, | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | Under 5 years | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Over „ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | Under 5 years | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 141 | 7 |
| Over „ | 17 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 38 | 49 | 76 | 36 | 33 | 386 | 7 | |
| Diphtheria | Under 5 years | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 20 |
| Over „ | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 120 | 7 | |
| Membranous Croup | Under 5 years | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Over „ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Enteric Fever | Under 5 years | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Over „ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 9 | |
| Puerperal Fever | Under 5 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Over „ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |
| Erysipelas | Under 5 years | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1 |
| Over „ | 4 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 125 | 3 | |
| Totals | 59 | 76 | 67 | 66 | 44 | 76 | 69 | 96 | 113 | 130 | 93 | 86 | 975 | 65 | |