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Walthamstow 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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FOOD POISONING
Twenty-six cases were notified and in addition two cases were
'ascertained' i.e. became known otherwise than by notification, by
following up notified cases. None was fatal.
There was one small familial 'outbreak' , in which the infecting
agent was Salmonella Typhi -murium.
Pour of the single cases were due to Salmonella Typhi murium,
and in one case the infecting agent was Salmonella Welternden.
Poliomyelitis
No case of Poliomyelitis was notified during the year.
Tuberculosis
The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1961: -
| 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 years | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | _ | _ |
| 10-14 years | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 15-19 years | 1 | 1 | - | _ | - | |||
| 20-24 years | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 25-34 years | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 35-44 years | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | _ | - | - |
| 45-54 years | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | |||
| 55-64 years | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 65 and over | 8 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 28 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 42 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 50 | 8 | |||||||