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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
Walthamstow 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The 85 deaths represent a death-rate of 0.65 per 1,000
population.
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| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | NOn-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | NOn-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 year | - | 1 | - | — | - | - | — | 1 |
| 1— 5 years | - | — | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 5—10 years | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | -— | - | - | 2 |
| 10—15 years | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | - | — |
| 15—20 years | 5 | 13 | 1 | — | 5 | 7 | 2 | — |
| 20—25 years | 8 | 12 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| 25—35 years | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 35—45 years | 13 | 10 | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| 45—55 years | 12 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 4 | — | — |
| 55—65 years | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 65 years and upwards | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 75 | 60 | 14 | 15 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 6 | |
| Totals | 135 | 29 | 72 | 13 | ||||
| 164 | 85 | |||||||
The ratio of deaths in non-notified cases (i.e., columns to the
right of the double line) to total deaths from tuberculosis was 24 to
85 or 1 to 3.5.
The returns for the past two years are compared below :—
| Year. | New Cases. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Noil-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||
| M. | p. | M. | p. | M. | F. | M. | p. | |||
| 1938 | 75 | 60 | 14 | 15 | 164 | 43 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 85 |
| 1937 | 59 | 70 | 13 | 12 | 154 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 92 |
The periods elapsing between notification and death, and the number of cases not notified were as follows:—
| Under 3 months. | 3 to 6 months. | 6 to 9 months. | 9 to 12 months. | Over 12 months. | Not Notified. | Notified after death. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pol. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | — | 3 | — | 7 | — | 23 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 |