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Wanstead and Woodford 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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Tuberculosis
The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1951: —
| New Cases | Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | N on-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Age Periods | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| Under 1 year | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1-5 years | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 5-10 years | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | _ |
| 10-15 years | — | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15-20 years | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20-25 years | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | — | —. | — | — |
| 25-35 years | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 35-45 years | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45-55 years | 6 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 55-65 years | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 65 and over | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 42 | 7 | 10 | 3 | |||||
| 49 | 13 | |||||||
The 13 deaths represent a death rate of 0.21 per 1,000 of the
population.
39
A comparative summary over the past 17 years for the Borough is set
out in the following table: —