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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 1958
[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 1958 :—
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5- 9 „ | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 10-14 „ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-19 „ | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20-24 „ | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 25-34 „ | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 35-44 „ | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 45-54 „ | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 55-64 „ | 16 | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 65 and over | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 38 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 54 | 6 | 7 | — | ||||
| 60 | 7 | |||||||
In 11 per cent. of the 54 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 54
cases investigated 22 were sputum positive on notification or soon
after, i.e. 40 per cent. The percentages during 1953, 1954, 1955,
1956 and 1957 were 45.6, 42.0, 44.2, 36.6 and 40 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. | |||
| 1958 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 60 | 7 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 1957 | 47 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 79 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | 13 |
| 1956 | 43 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 8 |
Sixteen deaths occurred amongst persons whose names were
on the tuberculosis register and of these the Registrar General
ascribes 7 to pulmonary tuberculosis.