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Leyton 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TUBERCULOSIS.Notifications.—On e hundred and six patients were notified for the first time in 1940 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows :—

TUBERCULOSIS.

Notifications.—On e hundred and six patients were notified for the first time in 1940 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows :—

Males.Females.Total.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis493382
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis111324
6046106

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During the year it was found possible to remove from the
tuberculosis register the names of 3 children and 12 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, 1940

The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1940

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.total
M.F.Total.M.F.Total.
Number on Register at commencement of year288229517395190607
Number first notified during the year493382111324106
Number of cases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification17143143738
Number removed from the Register during the year9656152181735187
Number remaining at the end of the year258220478365086564
Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:—Died491968741179
Removed from the district4433776101693
De-notified34753815

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Deaths.—Seventy-three deaths from tuberculosis were
recorded.