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Leyton 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Improved Leyton Mortality Rates.
For purpose of comparison the five-year period preceding 1912 is compared with the last live years.
| Pulmonary. Death | Non-pulmonary. Death | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | rate. | Deaths. | rate. | |
| 1908 | 102 | .84 | 43 | .35 |
| 1909 | 99 | .82 | 36 | .29 |
| 1910 | 101 | .82 | 32 | .26 |
| 1911 | 118 | .94 | 53 | .42 |
| 1912 | 115 | .90 | 44 | .34 |
| 535 | 4.32 | 208 | 1.66 | |
| 1931 | 98 | .76 | 13 | .10 |
| 1932 | 66 | .52 | 8 | .06 |
| 1933 | 78 | .63 | 12 | .09 |
| 1934 | 68 | .55 | 8 | .06 |
| 1935 | 69 | .56 | 8 | .06 |
| 379 | 3.02 | 49 | .37 | |
It will be observed that the death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis
has been reduced by 30.09 per cent., and from non-pulmonary
tuberculosis by as much as 77.70 per cent. in the comparatively
short space of twenty-three years.
Notifications.—One hundred and forty-six patients were notified for the first time in 1935 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 68 | 49 | 117 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| 82 | 64 | 146 |