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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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la 1950 there were 174- new cases of tuberculosis notified, a
fall of 58 on the previous year. 161 of these notifications were
in respect of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis numbered 33 (22 males and
11 females), and non-pulmoaary tuberculosis caused 7 deaths (3 sales
and 5 females). The death rate from all forms of tuberculosis was
*399 per 1,000 population, the lowest ever recorded for the borough.
The number of cases on the Department'3 register at 3lst
December^ 1950, was 1,465 (1,285 pulmonary and 180 non-pulmonary
tuberculosis). This was an increase of 12 on the previous year,
Summary of Tuberculosis Cases.
| 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 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 5 to 14. " | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 to 24 | 23 | 27 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| 25 to 34 " | 24 | 19 | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 to 44 " | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 45 to 54 " | 7 | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| 55 to 64 " | 14 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | - | - |
| 65 years & up | 9 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| 96 | 65 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 5 | |
Non-pulmonary cases affecting:-
| Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genito-urinary system | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sacro iliac joint | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hip | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Meninges | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Spine | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Breast | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Saee | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | 13 |