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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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A comparative summary over4 the past 16 years for the Brough is set out in the following table:-
| Year | Notification | Total Notifications | Total Notification Rate | Deaths | Total Death Rate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total Deaths | ||||||||
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |||||
| 1934 | 33 | 0.68 | 18 | 0.37 | 51 | 1.06 | 18 | 0.37 | 3 | 0.06 | 21 | 0.43 |
| 1935 | 35 | 0.69 | 13 | 0.25 | 48 | 0.95 | 19 | 0.37 | 2 | 0.03 | 21 | 0.41 |
| 1936 | 33 | 0.63 | 12 | 0.23 | 45 | 0.86 | 16 | 0.30 | 3 | 0.05 | 19 | 0.36 |
| 1937 | 37 | 0.68 | 10 | 0.18 | 47 | 0.87 | 26 | 0.48 | 5 | 0.09 | 31 | 0.57 |
| 1938 | 37 | 0.67 | 22 | 0.40 | 59 | 1.07 | 24 | 0.43 | 5 | 0.09 | 29 | 0.52 |
| 1939 | 28 | 0.50 | 9 | 0.16 | 37 | 0.66 | 22 | 0.39 | 3 | 0.05 | 25 | 0.44 |
| 1940 | 24 | 0.49 | 7 | 0.14 | 31 | 0.63 | 22 | 0.45 | 3 | 0.06 | 25 | 0.51 |
| 1941 | 46 | 0.98 | 15 | 0.32 | 61 | 1.30 | 16 | 0.34 | — | — | 16 | 0.34 |
| 1942 | 42 | 0.84 | 21 | 0.42 | 63 | 1.26 | 33 | 0.66 | 4 | 0.08 | 37 | 0.74 |
| 1943 | 38 | 0.75 | 14 | 0.27 | 52 | 1.39 | 19 | 0.37 | 5 | 0.09 | 24 | 0.47 |
| 1944 | 43 | 0.92 | 13 | 0.27 | 56 | 1.19 | 16 | 0.34 | 4 | 0.08 | 20 | 0.43 |
| 1945 | 47 | 0.97 | 11 | 0.22 | 58 | 1.22 | 14 | 0.29 | 5 | 0.13 | 19 | 0.39 |
| 1946 | 50 | 0.86 | 7 | 0.12 | 57 | 0.99 | 28 | 0.48 | 4 | 0.06 | 32 | 0.55 |
| 1947 | 39 | 0.64 | 7 | 0.11 | 46 | 0.76 | 20 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.01 | 21 | 0.34 |
| 1948 | 38 | 0.62 | 5 | 0.08 | 43 | 0.71 | 16 | 0.26 | 3 | 0.04 | 19 | 0.34 |
| 1949 | 50 | 0.80 | 14 | 0.22 | 64 | 1.03 | 19 | 0.30 | 2 | 0.03 | 21 | 0.34 |
| 1950 | 41 | 0.65 | 4 | 0.06 | 45 | 0.72 | 14 | 0.22 | 1 | 0.02 | 15 | 0.21 |
Rates per 1,000 population.
The register shows that at the end of the year:—
41 (SO) Pulmonary and 4 (14) non-Pulmonary cases were notified for the first time during the year.
26 (18) cases were transferred into the district.
1 (2) case was restored to the register.
14 (19) Pulmonary and 1 (2) non-Pulmonary cases died during the year.
40 (20) other cases were removed from the register.
380 (363) cases remained on the register at the close of the year.
The figures in brackets are the comparable figures for the year 1949.