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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wanstead and Woodford 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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A comparative summary over the past 20 years for the Borough is set out in the folkwing table:—
| Year | Nocitications | Total Notification Rate | Deaths | Total Death Rate | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total Notifications | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total Deaths | |||||||
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |||||
| 1936 | 33 | 0.63 | 12 | 0.23 | 45 | 0.86 | 16 | 0.30 | 3 | 0.05 | 19 | 0.36 |
| 1937 | 37 | 0.68 | 10 | 0.18 | 47 | 0.87 | 26 | 0.48 | 5 | 0.09 | 31 | 0.57 |
| 1938 | 37 | 0.67 | 22 | 0.40 | 59 | 1.07 | 24 | 0.43 | 5 | 0.09 | 29 | 0.52 |
| 1939 | 28 | 0.50 | 9 | 0.16 | 37 | 0.66 | 22 | 0.39 | 3 | 0.05 | 25 | 0.44 |
| 1940 | 24 | 0.49 | 7 | 0.14 | 31 | 0.63 | 22 | 0.45 | 3 | 0.06 | 25 | 0.51 |
| 1941 | 46 | 0.98 | 15 | 0.32 | 61 | 1.30 | 16 | 0.34 | — | - | 16 | 0.34 |
| 1942 | 42 | 0.84 | 21 | 0.42 | 63 | 1.26 | 33 | 0.66 | 4 | 0.08 | 37 | 0.74 |
| 1943 | 38 | 0.75 | 14 | 0.27 | 52 | 1.39 | 19 | 0.37 | 5 | 0.09 | 24 | 0.47 |
| 1944 | 43 | 0.92 | 13 | 0.27 | 56 | 1.19 | 16 | 0.34 | 4 | 0.08 | 20 | 0.43 |
| 1945 | 47 | 0.97 | 11 | 0.22 | 58 | 1.22 | 14 | 0.29 | 5 | 0.13 | 19 | 0.39 |
| 1946 | 50 | 0.86 | 7 | 0.12 | 57 | 0.99 | 28 | 0.48 | 4 | 0.06 | 32 | 0.55 |
| 1947 | 39 | 0.64 | 7 | 0.11 | 46 | 0.76 | 20 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.01 | 21 | 0.34 |
| 1948 | 38 | 0.62 | 5 | 0.08 | 43 | 0.71 | 16 | 0.26 | 3 | 0.04 | 19 | 0.34 |
| 1949 | 50 | 0.80 | 14 | 0.22 | 64 | 1.03 | 19 | 0.30 | 2 | 0.03 | 21 | 0.34 |
| 1950 | 41 | 0.65 | 4 | 0.06 | 45 | 0.72 | 14 | 0.22 | 1 | 0.02 | 15 | 0.24 |
| 1951 | 42 | 0.68 | 7 | 0.11 | 49 | 0.79 | 10 | 0.16 | 3 | 0.05 | 13 | 0.21 |
| 1952 | 47 | 0.76 | 4 | 0.06 | 51 | 0.82 | 10 | 0.16 | — | — | 10 | 0.16 |
| 1953 | 48 | 0.78 | 4 | 0.06 | 52 | 0.84 | 3 | 0.05 | 2 | 0.03 | 5 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 38 | 0.61 | 6 | 0.10 | 44 | 0.71 | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 25 | 0.42 | 11 | 0.17 | 36 | 0.59 | 3 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.05 |
Rates per 1,000 population.
The register shows that at the end of the year:—
25(38) Pulmonary and 11(6) non-Pulmonary cases were notified for the first time during the year.
10(14) cases were transferred into the district.
1(no) cases were restored to the Register.
3(2) Pulmonary and 1(1) non-Pulmonary died during the year.
23(73) other cases were removed from the register.
476(456) cases remained on the Register at the close of the year.
The figures in brackets are the comparable figures for the year 1954.