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 :—
L ocal G overnment B oard F orm.]
TABLE III.—
Name of District—Walthamstow.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | St. James Street. | High St reet. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | ||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -— |
Cholera ... | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria(inclu-1 cling Membra-nous Croup) J | 223 | 4 | 72 | 125 | 10 12 | — | 68 | 44 | 39 | 16 | 56 | 50 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 45 | 172 |
Erysipelas | 111 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 78 | 6 | 28 | 2b | 22 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | N |
Scarlet Fever | 635 | 6 | 141 | 406 | 55 26 | 1 | 114 | ;o | 132 | 61 | 258 | 78 | 55 | 83 | 26 | 168 | 410 |
Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — , — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric Fever | 37 | — | 2 | 6 | 7 22 | — | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | i | 1 | 22 | |
Relapsing Fever... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Continued Fever... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Puerperal Fever... | 8 | — | — | — | 2 6 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals ... | 1014 | 14 | 220 | 547 | 82 144 | / | 222 | 151 | 198 | 88 | 355 | 135 | 105 | 109 | 41 | 223 | 613 |
Isolation Hospital (Name and Situation)—Walthamstow Sanatorium, Chingford.
Total available beds—93. Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated—4 at least.