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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Tuberculosis.
The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notification of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1956 :—
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | ||
| Number on Register at commencement of year | 486 | 402 | 888 | 33 | 53 | 86 | 974 |
| Number first notified during the year | 31 | 19 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 56 |
| Number of cases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification | 23 | 13 | 36 | — | 1 | 1 | 37 |
| Number removed from the Register during the year | 10 | 10 | 20 | — | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Number remaining at the end of the year | 530 | 424 | 954 | 37 | 55 | 92 | 1,046 |
| Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:— Died | 6 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | 9 |
| Removed from the district | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | 6 |
| De-notified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cured | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Age Periods | New Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | |||
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| 7 | — | |||
| — | 1 | |||
| — | — | — | ||
| 3 | — | |||
| Totals | ||||