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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
Tottenham 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Under 1 year | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| ] to 4 years | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| 5 to 14 ,, | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 15 to 24 ,, | 30 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 25 to 34 ,, | 30 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| 35 to 44 ,, | 16 | 13 | —. | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 45 to 54 ,. | 13 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 55 to 64 ,, | 12 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 4 | — | — |
| 65 years and | ||||||||
| up | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Totals .. | 125 | 85 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 19 | 5 | 2 |
Non-pulmonary cases affecting:—
| Male. | Female. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdomen | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ankle | — | 1 | 1 |
| Eye | — | 1 | 1 |
| Genito-urinary system | — | 4 | 4 |
| Glands | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Meninges | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Miliary | — | 1 | 1 |
| Skin | — | 1 | 1 |
| Spine | 1 | — | 1 |
| Surgical | 1 | — | 1 |
| 7 | 15 | 22 |
Mass Radiography.
I am indebted to the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board for the following details of the results of the Mass Radiography
investigation which was completed in Tottenham early in 1949.
The preliminary report upon the investigation was contained in my
report for 1948.
Total number X-Rayed 11,907
Number of films regarded as normal 11,202
Number of large films called for 553