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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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(a) Notifications of Tuberculosis
| Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Number | Rate per 1,000 population | Number | Rate per 1,000 population |
| 1948 | 192 | 1.10 | 36 | 0.21 |
| 1949 | 173 | 0.99 | 36 | 0.21 |
| 1950 | 158 | 0.91 | 20 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 192 | 1.13 | 18 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 130 | 0.76 | 19 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 199 | 1.18 | 18 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 167 | 0.99 | 22 | 0.13 |
| 1955 | 145 | 0.86 | 7 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 119 | 0.71 | 11 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 105 | 0.64 | 10 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 95 | 0.58 | 14 | |
(b) Deaths from Tuberculosis
| Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Number | Rate per 1,000 population | Number | Rate per 1,000 population |
| 1948 | 95 | 0.55 | 11 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 85 | 0.49 | 10 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 68 | 0.39 | 6 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 50 | O.29 | 8 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 39 | O.23 | 5 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 34 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 27 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.006 |
| 1955 | 29 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.006 |
| 1956 | 11 | 0.0 6 | 2 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 16 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 15 | 0.09 | - | - |
CANCER. The number of deaths attributed to cancer was 327 which was a slight
decrease on the number 338 reported in the years 1956 and 1957.
The following table gives an analysis of the age and sex distribution as well as
the localisation of the disease in all persons certified as dying from cancer during the
year:-
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