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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Tuberculosis.
| NEW CASES | TRANSFERS | DEATHS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age periods | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 to 4 years | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 to 14 years | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 to 24 years | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 |
| 25 to 34 years | 3 | 3 | — | — | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 35 to 44 years | 5 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 45 to 54 years | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 55 to 64 years | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 1 | —' | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 22 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | — | 1 |
| Add—Deaths of un-notified cases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Deaths from Cancer. | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
The following table of deaths from cancer shows
that out of a total of 69 deaths from this disease, 66
of them occurred in persons over the age of 45 years.
| SITE | 0—44 M. | years F. | 45 years & over M. F. | Totals M. F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastro-Intestinal Tract | 1 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 13 | |
| Lungs and Mediastinum | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Genito-urinary organs | — | — | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Breast | — | 1 | — | 10 | — | 11 |
| Other sites | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 1 | 2 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 37 |
| Death rate = 1.48 per 1,000 (as compared with 1.62 per 1,000 in 1947) | ||||||