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Leyton 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: TUBERCULOSIS.Notifications .—One hundred and fourteen patients were notified for the first time in 1941 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows :—

TUBERCULOSIS.

Notifications .—One hundred and fourteen patients were notified for the first time in 1941 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows :—

Males.Females.Total.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis5745102
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis7512
6450114

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During the year it was found possible to remove from the
tuberculosis register the names of 3 children and 6 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, 1941 :—

The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1941 :—

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.TOTAL
M.F.Total.M.F.Total.
Number on Register at commencement of year258220478365086564
Number first notified during the year57451027512114
Number of cases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification31215235860
Number removed from the Register during the year7769146141630176
Number remaining at the end of the year269217486324476562
Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:—Died41276844876
Removed from the district324072791688
De-notified42633612

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Deaths.—Fifty-five deaths from tuberculosis were recorded,