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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1921.
The following table shows the numbers and the Infectious Diseases notified for the whole District and
for the Wards, and the number removed to Hospital:—
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | At Ages—Years. | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup | 380 | 6 | 78 | 224 | 42 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 68 | 43 | 30 | 46 | 94 | 259 |
| Erysipelas | 58 | 1 | - | 3 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 983 | 5 | 131 | 685 | 126 | 33 | 3 | - | 170 | 137 | 124 | 106 | 198 | 248 | 517 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Cerebro - spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 34 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 210 | - | 3 | 16 | 58 | 107 | 25 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 37 | 21 | 29 | 39 | - |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 46 | - | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | - | 8 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Malaria (Imported) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 49 | - | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
| Trench Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 1778 | 46 | 226 | 951 | 252 | 222 | 71 | 10 | 343 | 283 | 241 | 189 | 300 | 422 | 827 |