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Walthamstow 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The ratio of deaths in non-notified cases (i.e., columns to the
right of the double line) to total deaths from tuberculosis was
5 to 37 or 1 to 7.4.
The table given below shows the number of cases on the register at the beginning and end of 1951 :—
| Pulmonary. | Total. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||
| No. on Register 1st January | 1,066 | 881 | 1,947 | 484 | 398 | 882 | 2,829 |
| Notified during 1951 | 64 | 44 | 108 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 123 |
| Totals | 1,130 | 925 | 2,055 | 495 | 402 | 897 | 2,952 |
| Removed from Register, 1951 | 38 | 42 | 80 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 89 |
| No. on Register 31st December | 1,092 | 883 | 1,975 | 492 | 396 | 888 | 2,863 |
Removals from the Register are made up as follows :—
| Deaths. | Removals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 34 | - | 5 |
| 33 | 4 | 47 | 6 | ||||
| V 37 | 52 | ||||||
| 89 | |||||||
The following rates were received from the Registrar-General's Office after publication of the 1950 report :—
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000-50.000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Walthamstow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths : Tuberculosis | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.26 |