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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications.—One hundred and four patients were notified for the first time in 1942 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 64 | 27 | 91 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 71 | 33 | 104 | |
During the year it was found possible to remove from the
tuberculosis register the names of 2 children and 9 adults
in whom evidence of active disease had ceased to exist.
The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1942 :—
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | TOTA L | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Number on Register at commencement of year | 269 | 217 | 486 | 32 | 44 | 76 | 562 |
| Number first notified during the year | 64 | 27 | 91 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 104 |
| Number of cases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification | 18 | 17 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 42 |
| Number removed from the Register during the year | 69 | 58 | 127 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 155 |
| Number remaining at the end of the year | 282 | 203 | 485 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 553 |
| Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:— Died | 43 | 29 | 72 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 81 |
| Removed from the district | 22 | 26 | 48 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 63 |
| De-notified | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 11 |
Deaths.—Seventy-five deaths from tuberculosis were
recorded.