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Stoke Newington 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
There were notified 54 cases of pulmonary, and 10 cases of
non-pulmonary Tuberculosis, with 39 deaths as set forth by ages
in the accompanying table. In 1934 there were notified
65 pulmonary cases and 12 non-pulmonary cases.
During 1935 there was thus a death rate of 0.68 from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis, and 0.78 for all forms of Tuberculosis per 1,000 of
population living, as compared with 0.73 and 0.83 respectively
for the year 1934.
Tuberculosis : New Cases and Deaths during 1935.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1-5 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 5-15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15-25 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| 25-35 | 6 | 11 | — | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | — |
| 35-45 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 45-55 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 55-65 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 9 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Totals | 28 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
Total Number of Tuberculous Persons Living in the
Borough.—A live register continually changing from additional
notifications, transfers into and out of the district and deaths, is
maintained by the Medical Officer of Health. The known
tuberculous population decreased from 317 to 304 during the year.