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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 1962
[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 Notifications | Total Notification Rate | Deaths | Total Deaths | Total Death Rate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||||
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |||||
| 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 |
| 1961 | 14 | 0.23 | 2 | 0.03 | 16 | 0.26 | 1 | 0.02 | - | — | 1 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 16 | 0.26 | — | - | 16 | 0.26 | 1 | 0.02 | - | — | 1 | |
Rates per 1,000 population
The register shows that at the end of the year:—
16 (14) Pulmonary and Nil (2) non-Pulmonary cases were notified during the year.
17 (17) cases were transferred into the District.
1 (1) case was restored to the register.
Nil (Nil) Pulmonary and 1 (1) non-Pulmonary died during the year.
28 (24) other cases were removed from the register.
609 (604) cases remained on the register at the close of the year
The figures in brackets are the comparable figures for 1961.