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Leyton 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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29
TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications.—One hundred and forty-five patients were
notified for the first time in 1959 as suffering from tuberculosis.
The number was made up as follows:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 79 | 51 | 130 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 86 | 59 | 145 |
The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1950:—
| Pulmonary. | Non Pulmonary. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Number on Register at commencement of year | 372 | 278 | 650 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 717 |
| Number first notified during the year | 79 | 51 | 130 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 145 |
| Number of oases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Number removed from the Register during the year | 48 | 39 | 87 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 98 |
| Number remaining at the end of the year | 410 | 300 | 710 | 28 | 46 | 74 | 784 |
| Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:— Died | 24 | 13 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 41 |
| Removed from the district | 20 | 16 | 36 | 36 | |||
| De-notified | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 |