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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
Edmonton 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Tables T(l) and T(2) give details of the ages and sex of new cases of Tuberculosis, also deaths from the disease; this latter figure includes the deaths of non-notified cases.
TABLE T (1)
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 years | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-15 years | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-25 years | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 25-35 years | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 35-45 years | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45-55 years | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55-65 years | 11 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| 65 years upwards | 7 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Totals: | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | - | - |
In addition, 29 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis previously notified in other areas, moved into Edmonton.
TABLE T(2)
| MALES | FEMALES | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | ||
| Added to Register during 1959. | 59 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 91 |
| Number of cases notified for the first time during the year | 37 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 56 |
| Number of cases restored to Register having been previously removed | 4 | - | 2 | - | 6 |
| Number of cases added to Register other than by formal notification | 18 | - | 11 | - | 29 |
| Removed from Register during 1959 | 62 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 99 |
| Number of deaths from Tuberculosis - | |||||
| Notified cases | 6 | - | 2 | - | 8 |
| Number of deaths from Tuberculosis - | |||||
| Non-notified cases | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Number of deaths, Other causes - | |||||
| Notified cases | 10 | - | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Number of cases, left district, recovered, etc. | 45 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 75 |
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