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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Tuberculosis.
| Age periods. | NEW CASES | TRANSFERS | DEATHS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non' Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 to 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 4 years | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 5 to 14 years | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 to 24 years | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 25 to 34 years | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| 35 to 44 years | 6 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 45 to 54 years | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 55 to 64 years | 2 | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 3 | — | — |
| Totals | 24 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 3 | — | 9 | 12 | — | — |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
The following table of deaths from Cancer shows that out of a total of 74 deaths from this disease, 69 of them occurred in persons over the age of 45 years.
| Site | 0—44 vears | 45 years 6? over | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Gastrointestinal Tract | 1 | — | 16 | 21 | 17 | 21 |
| Lungs and Mediastinum | 2 | — | 10 | — | 12 | — |
| Genito-urinary organs | — | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Breast | - | — | 5 | — | 5 | |
| Other sites | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Totals | 5 | 1 | 37 | 31 | 42 | 32 |
| Death rate=1.62 per 1,000 (as compared with 1.29 per 1,000 in 1946) | ||||||