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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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A comparative summary over the past 20 years for the Borough is set out in the following table.
| Year | Notifications | Total | Deaths | Total Deaths | Total Death Rate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary No. Rate | Non-Pulmonary No. Rate | Total Notification | Notification Rate | Pulmonary No Rate | Non-Pulmonary No. Rate | |||||||
| 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 | 0.24 |
| 1951 | 42 | 0.68 | 7 | 0.11 | 49 | 0.79 | 10 | 0.16 | 3 | 0.05 | 13 | 0.21 |
| 1952 | 47 | 0.76 | 4 | 0.06 | 51 | 0.82 | 10 | 0.16 | — | — | 10 | 0.16 |
| 1953 | 48 | 0.78 | 4 | 0.06 | 52 | 0.84 | 3 | 0.05 | 2 | 0.03 | 5 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 38 | 0.61 | 6 | 0.10 | 44 | 0.71 | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 25 | 0.42 | 11 | 0.17 | 36 | 0.59 | 3 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 30 | 0.49 | 2 | 0.03 | 32 | 0.52 | 6 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.02 | 7 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 26 | 0.42 | 1 | 0.01 | 27 | 0.43 | 2 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 32 | 0.52 | 2 | 0.03 | 34 | 0.55 | 3 | 0.05 | — | — | 3 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 18 | 0.29 | - | - | 18 | 0.29 | 4 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 24 | 0.39 | 2 | 0.03 | 26 | 0.42 | 7 | 0.11 | — | — | 7 | 0.11 |
The register shows that at the end of the year:-
24 (17) Pulmonary and 2 (1) non-Pulmonarv cases were notified during the year.
32 (34) cases were transferred into the District.
2 (1) cases were restored to the register.
8 (4) Pulmonary and No (1) non-Pulmonary died during the year.
29 (33) other cases were removed from the register.
599 (576) cases remained on the register at the close of the year.
The figures in brackets are the comparable figures for 1959.
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