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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
Stoke Newington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Disinfection of Articles removed from premises after infectious
diseases has been carried out in the Washington-Lyon Type Steam
Disinfector.
A total of 11,270 textile articles was dealt with at the disinfecting
station.
210 books from the Public Library were fumigated with
formalin vapour. Bedding was destroyed at request of the owners
in 6 instances.
TUBERCULOSIS
There were notified 44 cases of pulmonary, and 10 cases of nonpulmonary
Tuberculosis, with 26 deaths as set forth by ages in the
accompanying table. In 1937 there were notified 41 pulmonary
cases and 5 non-pulmonary cases.
During 1938, there was thus a death rate of 0.47 from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis and 0.51 for all forms of Tuberculosis per 1,000 of
population living, as compared with 0.70 and 0.75 respectively for
the year 1937.
Tuberculosis : New Cases and Deaths during 1938
| 0-1 | 1 | _ | ||||||
| 1-5 | ||||||||
| 5-15 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| 15-25 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 25-35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | — |
| 35-45 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 45-55 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 55-65 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 25 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 2 | — |