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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
East Ham 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications, 1925-1929.
| 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 254 | 237 | 206 | 232 | 211 |
| Other forms do. | 64 | 50 | 45 | 46 | 48 |
| 318 | 287 | 251 | 278 | 259 |
New Cases and Mortality during 1929.
Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from the disease in the area during 1929:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulm. | Pulmonary | Non-Pulm. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 — 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 — 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| 15 — 20 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — |
| 20 — 25 | 21 | 18 | — | 2 | 8 | 11 | — | 1 |
| 25 — 35 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | — | — |
| 85 — 45 | 17 | 6 | 2 | — | 11 | 11 | — | — |
| 45 — 55 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 5 | — | — |
| 55 — 65 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 2 | — | — |
| 85 and upwards | 3 | 2 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 126 | 85 | 23 | 25 | 75 | 49 | 2 | 3 |
Public Health Act, 1925, Sec. 62, and Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
No action has been taken with regard to removal to Hospital
of infectious persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis or to
tuberculosis employees in the milk trade.