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West Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Comparative death rates. I am indebted to the RegistrarGeneral
for the following information. The provisional death
rates from tuberculosis for England and Wales for the year 1937
were: respiratory 0.58 per 1,000 of the population; non-respiratory
0.12 per 1,000; all forms 0.70 per 1,000.
The pulmonary death rate for West Ham is therefore
considerably above the respiratory death rate for the country as a
Table V.
Tuberculosis. Incidence of new cases (notified and non-notified), 1937.
| (years) | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | All forms. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | N umber. | Rate per 1,000 population at ages. | |
| 0— | _ | i | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.68 |
| 1- | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 1.48 |
| 5— | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 0.71 |
| 10— | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 0.70 |
| 15— | 16 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 2.27 |
| 20— | 23 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 2.16 |
| 25— | 41 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 85 | 2.08 |
| 35— | 30 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 1.65 |
| 45— | 34 | 14 | 2 | — | 50 | 1.76 |
| 55- | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 1.30 |
| 65— | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0.96 |
| All ages | 182 | 142 | 50 | 33 | 407 | 1.57 |
whole, but the non-respiratory rate is somewhat below the
corresponding rate for England and Wales.
Since the respiratory death rate refers to persons who died
from laryngeal tuberculosis in addition to tuberculosis of the lungs
and pleura, the death rate from respiratory tuberculosis is not
strictly comparable with the death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis.
As the number of patients who die as a result of laryngeal
tuberculosis unaccompanied by tuberculosis of the lungs and pleura
is very small, the two rates may therefore be used for comparative
purposes in this way.
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