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Walthamstow 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Food Poisoning
Twenty-four cases were notified during 1964 and none was fatal.
There were two familial 'outbreaks', in which the infecting
agent was Salmonella Typhi-murium and Enteriditis respectively.
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 1964
| Age Periods | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1-4 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-9 years | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 10-14 years | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-19 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 20-24 years | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-34 years | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 35-44 years | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45-54 years | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55-64 years | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 65 and over | 6 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | ||
| 40 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Totals | 48 | 12 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 60 | 8 | |||||||