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Leyton 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Notifications .β€”One hundred and thirty-one patients were notified for the first time in 1937 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows:β€”

Males.Females.Total.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis6149110
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis91221
7061131

During the year it was found possible to remove from the
tuberculosis register the names of 14 children and 17 adults
in whom evidence of active disease had ceased to exist.

The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1937:β€”

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.total
M.F.Total.M.F.Total.
Number on Register at commencement of year253187440465298538
Number first notified during the year614911091221131
Number of cases entered in Register otherwise than by Notification161632641042
Number removed from the Register during the year5545100131629129
Number remaining at the end of the year2752074824852100582
Details of cases removed from the Register during the year:β€” Died33225544863
Removed from the district111122481234
De-notified10122245931