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Walthamstow 1910
[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.—
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. | SI. 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria(inclu ding Membra-nous Croup) | 138 | — | 40 | 83 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 36 | 111 |
| Erysipelas | 99 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 28 | 2 | — | 2 | - | 4 | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 232 | 4 | 63 | 141 | 20 | 4 | — | 45 | 37 | 49 | 22 | 79 | 38 | 33 | 44 | 17 | 57 | 189 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 26 | — | — | 10 | 8 | 8 | — | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | |
| Totals | 498 | 9 | 105 | 243 | 49 | 81 | 11 | 119 | 82 | 94 | 47 | 156 | 80 | 54 | 69 | 24 | 101 | 328 |
Isolation Hospital—Walthamstow Sanatorium, Chingford.
Total available beds—93. Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated—4 at least.