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Leyton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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During the year it was found possible to remove from the
tuberculosis register the names of 16 children and 4 adults
in whom evidence of active disease had ceased to exist.

Table: The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1938 :—

The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1938 :—

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.total
M.F.Total.M.F.Total.
Number on Register at commencement of year ...2752074824852100582
Number first notified during the year......5551106111223129
Number of cases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification ......14183236941
Number removed from the Register during the year...6243105162137142
Number remaining at the end of the year ......282233515464995610
Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:—Died .........342155481267
Removed from the district .........251843571255
De-notified ......347761320

Table: Deaths .—Sixty-four deaths from tuberculosis were recorded —

Deaths .—Sixty-four deaths from tuberculosis were recorded —

Males.Females.Total.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis342256
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis268
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This is equivalent to a death rate of 0.54 per thousand of the
population, as compared with a figure of 0.53 for the previous year.