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Walthamstow 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE X.
| Names of Diseases. | Whole District. | Wards, 1910. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths, 1910. | Deaths, 1909. | Increase + Decrease - | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | |
| Small-Pox | ||||||||
| Scarlatina | 4 | 11 | - 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | i |
| Diphtheria | 15 | 14 | + 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Membranous Croup | ||||||||
| Typhoid | 2 | 2 | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 7 | - 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | + 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total ... | 24 | 34 | -10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
The deaths from the notifiable diseases in previous years were—54 in
1908; 71 in 1907 ; 96 in 1906; 60 in 1905; 65 in 1904; 55 in 1903;
72 in 1902; 74 in 1901; 103 in 1900; and 104 in 1899.
Only one death occurred from Puerperal Fever. This fact is the
more gratifying, considering that a large number of our mothers are
attended in their confinements by midwives.
With the operation of the Act of 1902 the old order of ignorant
midwife is passing away and the trained obstetric nurse is taking her
place, with the result that lying-in-women are now and will be in future
in safer hands.
The deaths registered under the heading of "Accidents and Diseases
of Parturition "are also less than in previous years, as are the cases of
Puerperal Fever notified.