Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TUBERCULOSIS
The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1946:—
Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | |
Under 1 year | - | - | 2 | - | - | — | 2 | — |
1- 5 years | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | — |
5-10 „ | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | - | — | — | - |
10-15 „ | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
15-20 „ | 5 | 11 | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | - |
20-25 „ | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
25-35 „ | 30 | 16 | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | - |
35-45 „ | 13 | 6 | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | - |
45-55 „ | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | - | - |
55-65 „ | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
65 and over | 5 | 1 | — | — | 8 | — | 1 | — |
Totals | 82 | 60 | 14 | 11 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 2 |
142 | 25 | 46 | 12 | |||||
167 | 58 |
The 58 deaths represent a death rate of 0.5 per 1,000
population.
New cases in 1945 were 160 with 67 deaths—i.e., a rate of 0.6.
The returns for the past two years are compared below
Year. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | |||||
m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | m. | f. | |||
1946 | 82 | 60 | 14 | 11 | 167 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 58 |
1945 | 75 | 54 | 17 | 14 | 160 | 36 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 67 |
The period 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. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. |
1 | — | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | 3 | — | 24 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |