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Redbridge 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 2
TUBERCULOSIS
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 - 4 years | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 5-14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 - 24 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 - 44 | 11 | 11 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 45 - 64 | 23 | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 65 - 74 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Over 75 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 39 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 |
The foregoing new cases were notified from the following sources:—
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | |
|---|---|---|
| Ilford Chest Clinic | 36 | — |
| Wanstead and Woodford Chest Clinic | 9 | — |
| Dagenham Chest Clinic | 6 | — |
| Local General Practitioners | 1 | — |
| King George Hospital, Ilford | — | 1 |
| Chadwell Heath Hospital | 5 | 1 |
| Hospitals outside the Borough | 11 | 4 |
| 68 | 6 |
In addition 67 pulmonary and 3 non-pulmonary cases were transferred to Redbridge.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases on register, 1st January, 1966 | 933 | 127 | 1,060 | ||
| Number of cases entered on the register during the year | 135 | 9 | 144 | ||
| Number of cases removed from the register during the year | |||||
| Pul. | Non-Pul. | ||||
| Recovered | 69 | 4 | |||
| Deceased | 22 | 1 | |||
| Left District | 84 | 13 | |||
| Lost sight of | — | — | |||
| Diagnosis not established | 4 | — | 179 | 18 | 197 |
| Number of cases remaining on register on 31st December, 1966 | 889 | 118 | 1,007 | ||
The Treatment of Tuberculosis is under the control of the Regional Hospital
Board. On the 31st December, 1966, there were 955 Redbridge patients on the
registers of the Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford and Dagenham Chest Clinics.