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Wanstead and Woodford 1960
[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 1960.
| 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 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| 10-15 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| 15-20 years | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| 20-25 years | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | |
| 25-35 years | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | - | — |
| 35-45 years | 3 | 2 | - | — | 1 | — | - | — |
| 45-55 years | 3 | 1 | - | — | 2 | - | — | |
| 55-65 years | — | 1 | - | — | 2 | — | - | — |
| 65 and over | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | — | - | — |
| TOTALS | 13 | 11 | - | 2 | 7 | — | - | |
| 24 | 2 | 7 | — | |||||
| 26 | 7 | |||||||
The 7 deaths represent a death rate of 0.11 per 1,000 of the
population.
A comparative summary over the past 20 years for the Borough is
set out in the following table.
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