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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The numbers of deaths from the Zymotic diseases since my appointment are as follows:—
| Small-Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria and Croup. | Typhoid. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Zymotic Enteritis. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 9 | 39 | 24 | 162 | 283 | |
| 1899 | 0 | 6 | 73 | 19 | 33 | 34 | 144 1 | 309 | |
| 1900 | 0 | 5 | 78 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 110 | 27 | 283 |
| 1901 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 12 | 43 | 26 | 131 | (GastroEnteritis) 10 | 274 |
| 1902 | 20 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 125 |
| 1903 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 52 | 34 | 28 | 37 | 193 |
| 1904 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 55 | 32 | 84 | 99 | 324 |
| 1905 | 0 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 52 | 26 | 197 |
| 1906 | 0 | 21 | 57 | 8 | 39 | 18 | 113 | 51 | 307 |
| 1907 | 0 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 76 | 56 | 15 | 232 |
| 1908 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 36 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 124 |
| 1909 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 30 | 46 | 7 | 10 | 123 |
| 1910 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 23 | 104 |
| 1911 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 130 | 219 | |
| 1912 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 37 | 27 | 113 | |
| 1913 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 47 | 111 | |
| 1914 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 48 | 126 | |
| 1915 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 54 | 31 | 46 | 151 | |
| 1916 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 91 | |
| 1917 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 25 | 90 | |
| 1918 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 32 | 20 | 91 | |
| 1919 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 78 | |
| 1920 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 60 | |