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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
West Ham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Sources of primary notification were from Chest Clinic, Hospitals and Sanatoria
and general practitioners.
The 7 non-respiratory cases notified are as follows
Abdomen - 1
Bones and joints - 3
Glands - 2
Skin or deeper tissues - 1
(b) DEATHS. During the year 30 cases died from tuberculosis compared with 28 deaths
in the previous year; only one of these deaths was caused by a non-respiratory form of the
disease. The 29 deaths thus ascribed to respiratory tuberculosis gave a death rate of 0.17
per 1,000 of the population. The death rate for England and Wales for this form of the
disease was 0.15.
The table below shows the age and
| Age Groups | Respiratory | Non-re spiratory | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-4 | - | — | - | - |
| 5-14 | — | - | - | - |
| 15-24 | - | - | - | — |
| 25-44 | — | 3 | - | - |
| 45-64 | 12 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 65 years & over | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| TOTALS: | 22 | 7 | 1 | - |
1.82 per cent, of the deaths in the Borough from all causes was due to Tuberculosis
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