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Tottenham 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Slimming claims in respect of lemon juice drinks were challenged, and a claim that a
particular breakfast cereal had twice as much honey as any other cereal was also challenged.
Some extravagant claims in respect of medicalremedies were challenged and the advertisements
withdrawn.
Special Designated Milk. During the year under review 8 samples of designated milk were taken
in your area, all of which were certified as being satisfactory."
CONTROL OF DISEASE
The total number of notifications of infectious disease for the year was 1,550 as compared
with 985 the previous year. The increase was mainly due to the biennial variation in measles
and an increase in the number of notified cases of dysentery.
Tuberculosis
The number of cases on the tuberculosis register on 31st December, 1959 was 1,812 an
increase of 13 on the previous year.
There were 86 new cases of tuberculosis notified (71 pulmonary and 15 non-pulmonary)
compared with 115 in 1958 (102 pulmonary and 13 non-pulmonary).
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-4 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-9 ,, | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 - 14 ,, | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 15 - 19 ,, | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 - 24 ,, | 6 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - 29 ,, | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 30 - 34 ,, | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 - 39 ,, | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 40 - 44 ,, | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 - 49,, | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 50 - 54,, | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 55 - 59 ,, | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 60 - 64 ,, | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| 65 - 69 ,, | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 70 - 74 ,, | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 75 Years and Over | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
The fifteen non-pulmonary tuberculosis cases notified related to infections of bones and
joints in three cases, the genito urinary system in six cases, the lymphatic system in four cases,
the meninges in one case and an eye in one case.