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Redbridge 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]

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APPENDIX 2

Table: TUBERCULOSIS

TUBERCULOSIS

Age PeriodsNew CasesDeaths
RespiratoryNon-RespiratoryRespiratoryNon-Respiratory
MFMFMFMF
Under 1 year-1------
1- 4 years-1------
5-14 „132---1-
15-24 „22------
25 - 44 „762331-1
45-64 „112-26---
65 - 74 „21--5---
Over 75 „21--2---
Totals25174516111

Table: The foregoing new cases were notified from the following sources:—

The foregoing new cases were notified from the following sources:—

Respiratory TuberculosisNon-Respiratory Tuberculosis
Ilford Chest Clinic193
Wanstead and Woodford Chest Clinic11-
Epping Chest Clinic1-
Local General Practitioner-1
Wanstead Hospital--
Harts Hospital2-
King George Hospital11
Dagenham Hospital2-
Hospitals outside Borough64
Totals429

Table: In addition 32 pulmonary and 6 non-pulmonary cases were transferred to Redbridge.

In addition 32 pulmonary and 6 non-pulmonary cases were transferred to Redbridge.

PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal
Number of cases on register, 1st January, 19688861261,012
Number of new cases entered on register during the year42951
Number of other cases during the year32638
Totals9601411,101
Number of cases removed from register during the year —
Recovered94498
*Deceased17219
Left District28230
Lost sight of---
Diagnosis not established1-1
Totals1408148
Number of cases remaining on register on 31st December, 1968 Total820133953

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Treatment of Tuberculosis is under the Control of the Regional Hospital Board. On the 31st
December, 1968, there were 953 Redbridge patients on the registers of the llfora, Wanstead and Woodford
and Dagenham Chest Clinics.
Deaths of persons on T.B. Register but the cause of death not necessarily being Tuberculosis.