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Wanstead and Woodford 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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Tuberculosis
The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1955:—
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 year | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 years | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-10 years | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | — |
| 10-15 years | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | — |
| 15-20 years | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | — | - | - |
| 20-25 years | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-35 years | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | — | - | — |
| 35-45 years | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4&-55 years | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 55-65 years | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | - | — |
| 65 and over | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 16 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 36 | 4 | |||||||
The 4 deaths represent a death rate of 0.05 per 1,000 of the population.
A comparative summary over the past 20 years for the Borough
is set out in the folkwing table:—
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