[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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![OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. One case was notified in the Hale End ward. PUERPERAL PYREXIA. See Maternity and Child Welfare Section. PNEUMONIA. The tables show the inoidence by months, ages and wards. Month All Ages Under 1 yr. 1-5 yrs. 5-15 yrs. 15-25 yrs. 25-45 yrs. 45-65 yrs. 65 & over. January 12 1 2 3 1 3 2 • February 14 - 2 2 1 1 6 2 March 5 - - 1 - 2 1 1 April 18 1 2 5 2 2 3 3 May 7 - 1 2 - 1 2 1 June 5 - - - 1 3 - 1 July 7 - 1 - - 2 3 1 August • - - - - - - September 2 - - - 1 - 1 - October - - - - - — - November 7 - - 2 1 1 2 1 Deoember 3 - - - - 3 - Totals 1944 80 2 8 15 7 15 23 10 1943 122 1 10 19 9 35 35 13 Month St.James Street High Street Hoe Street Wood Street Hale End Higham Hill January 2 1 3 — 5 1 February 1 3 3 1 1 5 March 1 1 - 1 1 1 April 5 1 1 1 4 6 May - 1 - 1 1 4 June 1 1 - - 2 1 July 1 - 2 _ 2 2 August - - - - - - September - - - - - 2 October - - - - - - November 1 1 - 2 2 1 December 2 - - - 1 Totals 1944 14 9 9 6 18 24 1943 26 18 14 9 30 25 Your Council decided to continue the grant to the Walthamston District Nursing Association, in return for which the Association was, amongst other services, required to provide home nursing facilities for oases of pneumonia. Bacteriological examination of sputum and typing is available through the medium of the exoellent laboratory service provided by the Essex County Council. The local praotice is for the District Sanitary Inspector to visit on receipt of a notification and to make the necessary enquiries and opportunity is taken to'deal with any obvious defects In [???]n which may bo found. 27,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b19876610_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
