[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow].

  • Walthamstow (England). Borough Council.
Date:
[1934?]
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    28 8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Control is on the lines detailed in the Board of Education's Memorandum of Closure of and Exclusion from School, 1930. Notifications in 5/15 years age-group:— Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Chicken Pox. January 20 16 15 February 21 15 5 March 23 28 21 April 19 13 18 May 45 15 27 June 30 19 17 July 44 14 40 August 15 10 11 September 31 32 16 October 34 13 11 November 56 11 52 December 52 8 48 Totals 1933 390 194 281 Totals 1932 250 217 524 In addition the following notifications were received in respect of children in this age group:— Pneumonia 25, Enteric 1, Erysipelas 4, Anterior Poliomyelitis 3. The eases discovered by the medical staff and included in the above table were as follows:— Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Chicken Pox. 1933 23 89 96 1932 17 114 221 Non-notifiable infectious disease is chiefly brought to light by the weekly returns made by Head Teachers under the local Regulations as to Infectious Diseases in Schools.