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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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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- 4 years | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | - |
| 5- 9 „ | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-14 „ | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-19 „ | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20-24 „ | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | — | - |
| 25-34 „ | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | - | — | - |
| 36-44 „ | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 45-54 „ | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55-64 ,, | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | - |
| 65 and over | 4 | - | 1 | — | 4 | - | — | 1 |
| Totals | 47 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 70 | 9 | 12 | 1 | |||||
| 79 | 13 | |||||||
In 12 per cent. of the 70 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 70
cases investigated 28 were sputum positive on notification or soon
after, i.e. 40 per cent. The percentages during 1953, 1954, 1955 and
1956 were 45.6, 42.0, 44.2 and 36.6 respectively.
The returns for the last three years are compared below:—
| Year. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| 1957 | 47 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 79 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | 13 |
| 1956 | 43 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 8 |
| 1955 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
Fourteen deaths occurred amongst persons whose names were
on the tuberculosis register and of these the Registrar General
ascribes 10 to pulmonary tuberculosis.
The period elapsing between notification and death and the
number of cases not notified were as follows:—