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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications —One hundred and eighteen patients were notified for the first time in 1943 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 51 | 50 | 101 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis % | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 62 | 56 | 118 |
The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1943:—
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Number on Register at commencement of year | 282 | 203 | 485 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 553 |
| Number first notified during the year | 51 | 50 | 101 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 118 |
| Number of cases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification | 14 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| Number removed from the Register during the year | 59 | 43 | 102 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 118 |
| Number remaining at the end of the year | 288 | 218 | 506 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 578 |
| Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:— Died | 42 | 21 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 72 |
| Removed from the district | 16 | 21 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 41 |
| De-notified | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Deaths.—Seventy deaths from tuberculosis were recorded.