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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Changes in Tuberculosis Register during 1959
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
| Number on Register at 1st January, 1959 | 904 | 707 | 85 | 103 | 1,799 |
| New cases notified during 1959 | 36 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 86 |
| Transfers into Tottenham | 14 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| Restored to Register | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| 955 | 759 | 94 | 112 | 1,920 | |
| Cases removed from Register | |||||
| Deaths of cases on register | 12 | 3 | - | - | 15 |
| Transfers out of Tottenham | 36 | 29 | 1 | - | 66 |
| Recovered | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Lost sight of | 8 | 6 | - | 3 | 17 |
| 59 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 108 | |
| Number on Register at 31st December, 1959 | 896 | 718 | 92 | 106 | 1,812 |
Ward Distribution of Cases of Tuberculosis on the Register at 31st December, 1959
| Ward | Estimated Population | Male | Female | Total | Rate per 1,000 population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||
| White Hart Lane | 10,951 | 117 | 14 | 89 | 8 | 228 | 20.8 |
| Park | 10,438 | 80 | 15 | 81 | 15 | 191 | 18.3 |
| Coleraine | 11,034 | 65 | 8 | 57 | 8 | 138 | 12.5 |
| West Green | 10,738 | 68 | - | 64 | 12 | 144 | 13.4 |
| Bruce Grove & Central | 10,718 | 57 | 3 | 47 | 4 | 111 | 10.4 |
| High Cross & Stoneleigh | 10,587 | 82 | 13 | 63 | 13 | 171 | 16.1 |
| Green Lanes | 10,326 | 91 | 9 | 70 | 7 | 177 | 17.1 |
| Chestnuts | 10,682 | 81 | 7 | 71 | 10 | 169 | 15.8 |
| Seven Sisters | 9,802 | 81 | 9 | 59 | 8 | 157 | 16.1 |
| Town Hall | 10,498 | 83 | 8 | 69 | 10 | 170 | 16.2 |
| Stamford Hill | 10,326 | 91 | 6 | 48 | 11 | 156 | 15.1 |
| Total | 116,100 | 896 | 92 | 718 | 106 | 1,812 | 15.6 |
NOTE To obtain the estimated population for each ward,
the Registrar-General s estimate for the Borough has
been divided in the same proportions as number of
persons on the Register of Electors for each ward.
Work of the Chest Clinic (Tottenham and Wood Green)
Dr. T.A.C. McQuiston, the Physician at the Tottenham Chest Clinic, which also serves
Wood Green has kindly supplied the following details of the work of the clinic in 1959.
Commenting on these figures he observes that the Chest Clinic is still a very busy Unit and
the overall number of notified cases remaining on the Clinic register has not diminished.