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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
Tottenham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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6
PART I
CONTROL OF DISEASE
The total number of notifications for the year was 812, which
is the lowest ever recorded figure. Measles only accounted for 158
cases whereas the year previously there were 1,837 cases.
Tuberculosis
The number of cases on the tuberculosis register on 31st
December, 1956 was 1,854 an increase of 29 on the previous year.
There were 101 new cases of tuberculosis notified during
1956 (92 pulmonary and 9 non pulmonary) compared with 144 in 1955
(126 pulmonary and 18 non pulmonary).
Distribution of New Tuberculosis Cases notified during 1956
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non Pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 - 4 years | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-9 " | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10-14 " | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 - 19 " | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 - 24 " | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 25 - 29 „ | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 30 - 34 „ | 1 | 8 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 - 39 " | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 40 - 44 " | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 - 49 " | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 50 - 54 " | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 55 - 59 " | 4 | - | - | - | - | . | - | - |
| 60 - 64 " | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 65 - 69 " | 5 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| 70 - 74 " | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| 75 Years and Over | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 55 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | - | - |
The following is an analysis of non-pulmonary tuberculosis
cases notified during 1956:-