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 the distribution of cases of Diphtheria and
Croup in the Wards, giving the total numbers for each, and the rate
of attack per 1,000 of the population.
TABLE XIX.
Diphtheria prevalence in Wards for the Years 1899 to 1908
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 l,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. | |
1899 | 21,942 | 112 | 5 | 19,452 | 79 | 43 | 21,523 | 81 | 3.0 | 13,888 | 45 | 32 | 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 |
1904 | 23,600 | 36 | 1.56 | 20,400 | 61 | 29 | 23,100 | 21 | .9 | 16,600 | 18 | 1.08 | 24,300 | 41 | 1.68 |
1905 | 24,000 | 57 | 2.37 | 21,000 | 58 | 2.8 | 23,500 | 58 | 2.46 | 17,000 | 31 | 1.8 | 32,000 | 50 | 1.5 |
1906 | 24,000 | 75 | 31 | 21,000 | 47 | 2.2 | 24,000 | 51 | 2.1 | 17,500 | 33 | 1.9 | 35,000 | 87 | 2.5 |
1907 | 24,000 | 89 | 37 | 22,000 | 51 | 2.3 | 24,000 | 42 | 1.7 | 17,000 | 22 | 1.3 | 37,000 | 53 | 1.4 |
1908 | 23,500 | 68 | 29 | 21,500 | 44 | 2.0 | 24,000 | 39 | 1.6 | 17,500 | 16 | .9 | 37,000 | 56 | 1.5 |