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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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54
TUBERCULOSIS
The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1956:—
| Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | 1 | - | — | — | — | — |
| 1— 4 years | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5— 9 ,, | — | — | 1 | - | — | - | — | — |
| 10-14 „ | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-19 „ | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20-24 „ | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25-34 „ | 7 | 11 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 35-44 „ | 7 | 6 | — | - | — | 1 | — | — |
| 45-51 „ | 10 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | - |
| 55-64 „ | 10 | 3 | — | - | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| 65 and over | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | - |
| 43 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | |
| Totals | 71 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 77 | 8 | |||||||
In 32 per cent, of the 71 notified pulmonary cases there was a
history of close contact with other tuberculous cases.
As each new case of pulmonary tuberculosis has been notified
enquiry has been made as to the infectivity of the patient. Of 69
cases investigated 26 were sputum positive on notification or soon
after, i.e. 36.6 per cent. The percentages during 1953, 1954 and
1955 were 45.6, 42.0 and 44.2 respectively.
The returns for the past three years are compared below:—
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | Total. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| 1956 | 43 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 8 |
| 1955 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 1954 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 11 |
Fourteen deaths occurred amongst persons whose names were
on the tuberculosis register and of these the Registrar General
ascribes 8 to tuberculosis, i.e. 5 pulmonary and 3 non Pulmonary.