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Leyton 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.
No notifications received.
ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS.
Four cases were notified.
ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA.
Two notifications were received. 2 deaths occurred.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
| Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At home. | In hospital. | |||||
| 12 | 7 | 5 | 12 | — | - | - |
TUBERCULOSIS.
One hundred and twenty-five deaths occurred from all forms
of Tuberculosis, 101 being notified cases, which represents a deathrate
of .94 per 1,000 of the population: The deaths from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis were 108 and the rate .81.
Notifications of 189 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 54
of other forms of Tuberculosis were received during the year.
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-P'lmonary | Pulmonary. | Non-P'lmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | - | - | .3 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| 15 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | - | - |
| 25 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 45 | 15 | 4 | 3 | — | 13 | 9 | - | 1 |
| 55 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 65 and upwards | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | — | 1 | - | — |
| Totals | 103 | 86 | 22 | 12 | 64 | 44 | 13 | 4 |