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Wanstead and Woodford 1952
[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 deat hs from the disease in the Borough during 1952:—
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5-10 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-15 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 15-20 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20-25 years | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 25-35 years | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 35-45 years | 10 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 45-55 years | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | ||
| 55-65 years | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| and over | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 30 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| 47 | 4 | 10 | - | |||||
| 51 | 10 | |||||||
The 10 deaths represent a death rate of 0.16 per 1,000 of the
Population.
A comparetive summary over the past 19 years for the Borough is set
out in the following table:—
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