[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow].
- Walthamstow (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- [1945?]
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES GENERAL.- The accompanying tables show the age and ward incidence of the various infectious diseases which are discussed separately in later pages of the Report:- Disease All 1944 Ages 1943 Under 1 yr. 1-5| yrs 5-15 yrs. 15-25 yrs. 25-45 yrs. 45-65 yrs. 65 &over yrs Scarlet Fever 176 767 1 32 121 15 7 - - Diphtheria 13 23 1 1 9 1 1 - - Enteric Fever 1 - - - - - 1 - - Pneumonia 80 122 2 8 15 7 15 23 10 Puerperal Pyrexia 28 43 - - - 10 18 - - Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 2 1 - - - - - - Erysipelas 20 26 - — - - 11 7 2 Encephalitis Lethargica - - - - — - - - - Polio-encephalitis - - - - - - _ - - Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 4 5 1 2 1 - - — _ Anterior Poliomyelitis - 1 - - -. - - — - Measles 406 618 12 168 208 15 3 - _ yhooping Cough 195 93 25 112 56 2 — - - Dysentery 83 71 4 49 25 3 2 - - Malaria 5 - - — - 2 3 - 1 Tuberculosis 158 159 1 8 12 62 47 25 3 Totals 1944 117 0 - 48 380 447 117 108 55 15 Totals 1943 - 1930 54 586 913 111 161 86 19 Disease St.James Street High street Hoe Street wood Street Hale End Higham Hill Total Scarlet Fever 38 19 27 10 29 53 176 Diphtheria 2 - 3 - 3 5 [???] Enteric Fever - - - - - 1 [???] Pneumonia 14 9 9 6 18 24 [???] Puerperal Pyrexia 2 4 4 4 8 6 [???] 0, 'halmia Neonatorum - - - 1 — [???] Erysipelas 5 3 1 - 5 6 [???] Encephalitis Lethargica - - - - [???] Polio-encephalitis - - - - - [???] Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis - 1 - - 1 2 [???] Anterior Poliomyelitis - - - - - [???] Measles 47 96 41 25 30 167 whooping Cough 41 45 21 26 32 30 [???] Dysentery 2 10 17 19 7 28 [???] Malaria 1 - 2 - 1 1 [???] Tuberculosi s 18 15 29 20 37 39 Totals 1944 170 202 154 110 172 36? [???] Totals , 1943 285 304 278 223 395 445 [???] The statistics given in the foregoing table are those for the calendar vear 1944. The Registrar-General gives the statistics for the 52 weeks ended 31st. December 1944, and these are given in the following table, together with the case rates per 1,000 population both for England and ales and for ''althamstow: - Disease Scarlet Fever Diph theria Enteric Fever Fneu monia Puerperal Fvrexia Ervsinelas. Number 176 13 1 80 28 20 Case Rate walthamstow 1.64 0.12 0.01 0.79 0.27 0.19 England & wales 2.40 0.58 0.01 0.97 Not avail able C.29 20.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b19876610_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
