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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
Chingford 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths=l to 4.7.
| Age periods. | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 to 1 year | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 4 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 to 14 years | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | — |
| 15 to 24 years | 6 | 9 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | —- |
| 25 to 34 years | 5 | 14 | — | 1 | — | 4 | - | — |
| 35 to 44 years | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 45 to 54 years | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | — |
| 55 to 64 years | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — |
| 65 and upwards | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | - |
| Totals | 24 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | — |
Cancer.
DEATHS FROM CANCER.
| Site | 0-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55- | Totals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Gastro-Intestinal Tract | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| Lungs and Mediastinum | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Genito-urinary organs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2. | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Breast | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | |
| Other sites | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Totals | - | - | — | — | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 26 | 25 | 51 |
Death rate =1.37 per 1,000 (as compared with
1.20 per 1,000 in previous year).
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