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Wanstead and Woodford 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1950:—
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 years | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5- 10 years | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 - 15 years | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-20 years | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 20 - 25 years | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - 35 years | 1 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 35 - 45 years | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 45 - 55 years | 5 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 55 - 65 years | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 and over | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Totals | 18 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 41 | 4 | 14 | 1 | |||||
| 45 | 15 | |||||||
The 15 deaths represent a death rate of 0.21 per 1,000 of the
population.
A comparative summary over the past 16 years for the Borough is set
out in the following table:—
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