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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
Wood Green 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | .Non-pulmonary . | Pulmonary. | Non -pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 25 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | - | — |
| 35 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 45 | 11 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 |
| 55 | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| 65 and upwards | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Totals | 46 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 |
The number of deaths from Tuberculosis during the year was:—
Pulmonary 35, equal to a rate of .67 per 1,000 of the population;
Non-pulmonary 10, equal to a rate of .19 per 1,000 of the population;
making a total of 45, or a rate of .86 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with a rate of .98 per 1,000 in 1924.
The following table shows the organs affected in the cases of Tuberculosis notified during the year:—
| Male. | Female. | |
|---|---|---|
| Lungs | 39 | 19 |
| Abdomen | 1 | 1 |
| Cervical Glands | — | 1 |
| Hip | 1 | — |
| Ileum | — | 1 |
| Ileum and Sacrum | — | 1 |
| Meninges | 1 | 1 |
| Neck | — | 1 |
| Peritoneum | 2 | 2 |
| Radius | 1 | — |
| Shoulder | 2 | — |
| Spine | 1 | — |