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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1950 :—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | — | - | — | - | — | - | — | — |
| 1- 5 years | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-10 „ | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-15 „ | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | — | — |
| 15-20 „ | 11 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20-25 „ | 10 | 8 | — | - | — | 1 | — | — |
| 25-35 „ | 12 | 9 | — | - | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 35-45 „ | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| 45-55 „ | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| 55-65 , | 11 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and over | 1 | — | — | - | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| Totals | 66 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | — | — |
| 98 | 7 | 33 | ||||||
| 105 | 33 | |||||||
The 33 deaths represent a death rate of 0.26 per 1,000
population (England and Wales, 0.36).
New cases in 1949 were 158 with 52 deaths—a rate of 0.42.
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. | |||
| 1950 | 66 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 105 | 19 | 14 | — | - | 33 |
| 1949 | 78 | 61 | 9 | 10 | 158 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 52 |
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 | — | 2 | — | 24 | - | 5 | - | — | — |