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Redbridge 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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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 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5-14 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 - 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 - 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | - |
| 45 - 64 | 18 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 - 74 | 7 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Over 75 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 38 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
The foregoing new cases were notified from the following sources:—
| Respiratory Tuberculosis | Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis | |
|---|---|---|
| Ilford Chest Clinic | 32 | 1 |
| Wanstead and Woodford Cheat Clinic | 8 | — |
| Dagenham Chest Clinic | 2 | 1 |
| Local General Practitioners | 2 | — |
| Wanstead Hospital | 1 | - |
| Harts Hospital | — | 1 |
| Hospitals outside Borough | 10 | 3 |
| 55 | 6 |
In addition 49pulmonary and 5 non-pulmonary cases were transferred to Redbrldge.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases on register, 1st January, 1967 | 889 | 118 | 1,007 | ||
| Number of cases entered on the register during the year | 104 | 11 | 115 | ||
| Number of cases removed from the register during the year | |||||
| Pul. | NonPul. | ||||
| Recovered | 48 | 1 | |||
| Deceased | 16 | ||||
| Left District | 39 | 2 | |||
| Lost sight of | - | ||||
| Diagnosis not established | 4 | ||||
| Number of cases remaining on register on 31st December, 1967 | 107 | 3 | 110 | ||
| 886 | 126 | 1,012 | |||
The Treatment of Tuberculosis Is under the control of the Regional Hospital
Board. On the 31st December, 1967, there were 946 Redbrldge patients on the
registers of the Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford and Dagenham Chest Clinics.
Deaths of persons on T.B. Register but the cause of death not necessarily
being Tuberculosis.