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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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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 |