Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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The following table gives particulars regarding the new eases which have occurred during the year:—
Age Periods. | New Cases. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
M. | F. | M. | F. | |
0 | — | _ | _ | — |
1 | 1 | — | _ | 1 |
5 | _ | 1 | 2 | 2 |
10 | _ | 1 | 1 | — |
15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | — |
20 | 5 | 7 | — | 1 |
25 | 15 | 8 | — | — |
35 | 13 | 1 | 2 | — |
45 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — |
55 | 9 | 1 | 1 | _ |
65 and upwards | 3 | 1 | — | — |
Totals | 62 | 29 | 9 | 4 |
Institutional Treatment.
During 1942 the following Leyton patients were sent to sanatoria or other institutions for the treatment of Tuberculosis:—
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
Adults | 60 | 41 | 5 | Nil | 106 |
Children | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |