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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
N otifications.—One hundred and twenty-seven patients were notified for the first time in 1949 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows:—
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 69 | 49 | 118 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 72 | 55 | 127 |
The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1949 :—
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
| Number on Register at commencement of year | 347 | 254 | 601 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 670 |
| Number first notified during the year | 69 | 49 | 118 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 127 |
| Number of cases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification | 12 | 9 | 21 | 1 | — | 1 | 22 |
| Number removed from the Register during the year | 56 | 34 | 90 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 102 |
| Number remaining at the end of the year | 372 | 278 | 650 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 717 |
| Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:— | |||||||
| Died | 28 | 17 | 45 | 3 | — | 3 | 48 |
| Removed from the district | 20 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 |
| De-notified | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 |