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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
Leyton 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1936:—
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Number on Register at commencement of year | 314 | 224 | 538 | 74 | 82 | 156 | 694 |
| Number first notified during the year | 52 | 56 | 108 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 133 |
| Number of cases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification | 10 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 35 |
| Number removed from the Register during the year | 123 | 108 | 231 | 52 | 41 | 93 | 324 |
| Number remaining at the end of the year | 253 | 187 | 440 | 43 | 52 | 98 | 538 |
| Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:— Died | 55 | 29 | 84 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 104 |
| Removed from the district | 40 | 45 | 85 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 113 |
| De-notified | 28 | 34 | 62 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 107 |
Deaths.—Sixty-nine deaths from tuberculosis were recorded:—
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 69 |
This is equivalent to a death rate of 0.57 per thousand of the
population, as compared with a figure of 0.63 for the previous year.