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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 39.
TUBERCULOSIS.
New Cases and Mortality, 1931.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulm. | Pulmonary. | Non- | Pulm. | ||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1 — 5 years | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 3 |
| 5 — 15 „ | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 15 — 25 „ | 19 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 2 | |
| 25 — 45 „ | 54 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 16 | 1 | — |
| 45 — 65 „ | 16 | 18 | — | — | 14 | 10 | — | — |
| 65 and upward ,, | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 95 | 84 | 22 | 25 | 55 | 45 | 8 | 7 |
The ratio of non-notified deaths to total tuberculosis deaths
for the year was 1—11.