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Walthamstow 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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(N) TUBERCULOSIS.
The table given below shows particulars of new cases of Tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1930:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary . | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 yr. | — | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| 1— 5 yrs. | — | - | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | - |
| 5—10 yrs. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | - |
| 10-—15 yrs- | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| 15—20 yrs. | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 20—25 yrs. | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | - |
| 25—35 yrs. | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | — | 1 |
| 35—45 yrs. | 17 | 16 | — | — | 12 | 6 | 2 | - |
| 45—55 yrs. | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | 10 | — | — | - |
| 55—65 yrs. | 7 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 1 | — | - |
| 65 yrs. and upwards | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 72 | 53 | 18 | 16 | 61 | 21 | 4 | 2 |
| 125 | 34 | 83 | 6 | |||||
| 159 | 89 | |||||||
| The 89 deaths represent a death-rate of 0.71 per 1,000 population. | ||||||||
The returns of the quinquennium are summarised below:—
| New Cases. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| 1930 | 72 | 53 | 18 | 16 | 159 | 62 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 89 |
| 1929 | 85 | 57 | 26 | 26 | 194 | 59 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 118 |
| 1928 | 75 | 64 | 15 | 21 | 175 | 57 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 109 |
| 1927 | 82 | 68 | 15 | 27 | 192 | 52 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 108 |
| 1926 | 79 | 76 | 29 | 26 | 210 | 55 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 115 |
The number of new male pulmonary cases remained fairly constant
during the quinquennium, while the new female cases showed a
steady decrease. Deaths of male and female pulmonary cases
showed similar features.
The total number of new cases of all forms of Tuberculosis was
lowest in 1930, as was the total number of deaths.