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 cases which have occurred during the year:—
Age Periods. | New Cases. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
M. | F. | M. | F. | |
0 | — | — | — | |
1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
5 | — | — | 2 | — |
10 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
15 | 8 | 5 | — | — |
20 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
25 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
35 | 7 | 11 | 1 | — |
45 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — |
55 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 |
65 and upwards | — | 1 | — | — |
Totals | 51 | 50 | 11 | 6 |
Institutional Treatment.
During 1943 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 | 45 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 88 |
Children | 1 | Nil | Nil | 5 | 6 |