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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 following Table shows for London and certain large Metropolitan areas the number of cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria notified in 1920 to the Ministry of Health, with the number of deaths as ascertained from the Registrar-General's returns and the case death-rate per 100 attacked:—
| No. notified. | Deaths. | Case rate per 100. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. F. | Dip. | S.F. | Dip. | S. F. | Dip. | |
| London | 22,713 | 18,784 | 207 | 1009 | .9 | 7.3 |
| Croydon | 642 | 555 | 6 | 25 | .9 | 4.5 |
| Willesden | 706 | 700 | 8 | 43 | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| Tottenham | 596 | 500 | 8 | 36 | 1.3 | 7.2 |
| Edmonton | 846 | 304 | 5 | 23 | 1.4 | 7.5 |
| West Ham | 2,154 | 1,001 | 8 | 70 | .4 | 7.0 |
| East Ham | 725 | 423 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 8.7 |
| Leyton | 443 | 851 | 5 | 27 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| Walthamstow | 670 | 365 | 1 | 19 | .1 | 5.2 |
The following Table shows the estimated population, the number of cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup, the attack rate since 1890, and the death-rate since 1898.
| Years. | Population. | Number of Diphtheria Cases. | Rate per 1,000. | Membranous Croup Cases. | Diphtheria and Croup Death-rate per 1,000 population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 46500 | 129 | 2.50 | 3 | - |
| 1891 | 47000 | 153 | 3.22 | 9 | - |
| 1892 | 49400 | 137 | 2.77 | 17 | -_ |
| 1893 | 52000 | 142 | 2.73 | 11 | - |
| 1894 | 57000 | 129 | 2.26 | 15 | - |
| 1895 | 61000 | 198 | 3.24 | 10 | - |
| 1896 | 65000 | 124 | 1.90 | 6 | - |
| 1897 | 70000 | 152 | 2.17 | 6 | - |
| 1898 | 77000 | 225 | 2.90 | 9 | .59 |
| 1899 | 83000 | 338 | 4.00 | 7 | .88 |
| 1900 | 91000 | 516 | 5.60 | 11 | .86 |
| 1901 | 95131 | 322 | 3.40 | 11 | .40 |
| 1902 | 97700 | 142 | 1.50 | 8 | .21 |
| 1903 | 100400 | 147 | 1.46 | 5 | .16 |
| 1904 | 103200 | 177 | 1.70 | 13 | .28 |
| 1905 | 106000 | 254 | 2.40 | 4 | .26 |
| 1906 | 108500 | 287 | 2.70 | 6 | .52 |
| 1907 | 111500 | 251 | 2.20 | 6 | .32 |
| 1908 | 114900 | 220 | 1.90 | 3 | .19 |
| 1909 | 117800 | 182 | 1.50 | - | .14 |
| 1910 | 121280 | 138 | 1.10 | - | .12 |
| 1911 | 124597 | 287 | 2.20 | - | .23 |
| 1912 | 128480 | 233 | 1.80 | - | .17 |
| 1913 | 131636 | 319 | 2.40 | - | .15 |
| 1914 | 131980 | 318 | 2.40 | - | .21 |
| 1915 | 131718 | 199 | 1.51 | - | .09 |
| 1916 | 139425 | 412 | 2.95 | - | .14 |
| 1917 | 132994 | 382 | 2.87 | - | .20 |
| 1918 | 127701 | 239 | 1.87 | - | .14 |
| 1919 | 133008 | 425 | 3.19 | - | .14 |
| 1920 | 132771 | 375 | 2.82 | - | .14 |