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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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DIPHTHERIA.
| Year. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Case Fatality per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 28 | 1 | 3.57 |
| 1944 | 24 | 1 | 4.16 |
| 1945 | 43 | 2 | 4.6 |
| 1946 | 38 | 1 | 2.6 |
| 1947 | 9 | 1 | 11.1 |
| 1948 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications .—One hundred and forty-four patients were notified for the first time in 1948 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows:-
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 60 | 70 | 130 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 9 69 | 5 75 | 14 144 |
The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1948:—
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Number on Register at commencement of year | 311 | 203 | 514 | 19 | 41 | 60 | 574 |
| Number first notified during the year | 60 | 70 | 130 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 144 |
| Number of cases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification | 17 | 11 | 28 | ... | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| Number removed from the Register during the year | 41 | 30 | 71 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 78 |
| Number remaining at the end of the year | 347 | 254 | 601 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 670 |
| Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:— Died | 26 | 22 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 |
| Removed from the district | 9 | 6 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 15 |
| De-notified | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 |