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Walthamstow 1904
[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.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1904.
| 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 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | — | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 177 | 2 | 55 | 76 | 22 | 22 | — | 36 | 61 | 21 | 18 | 41 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| Membranous croup | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 143 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 79 | 8 | 46 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 31 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 527 | 9 | 132 | 326 | 45 | 15 | — | 95 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 162 | 45 | 31 | 46 | 33 | 66 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 56 | — | 5 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | i | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 975 | 20 | 216 | 447 | 114 | 169 | 9 | 205 | 194 | 162 | 149 | 265 | 80 | 96 | 81 | 54 | 120 |