[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, East Suffolk County Council.

  • East Suffolk (England). County Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, East Suffolk County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from Tuberculosis. TABLE X. (Figures furnished by the Registrar-General). Five-yearly Period. Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Deaths from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Total. 1926-1930 633 150 783 1931-1935 524 124 648 1936-1940 410 82 492 Death Rates—Tuberculosis. TABLE XL All Forms. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Adminis- England Adminis- England Adminis- England Year. trative and trative and trative and County. Wales. County. Wales. County. Wales. 1938 .38 .63 .35 .53 .03 .10 1939 .45 — .38 — .07 .—- 1940 .48 — .41 “““ .07 ■ Although the number of deaths remains the same, the death rate is higher; this is because the population of the County is lower, owing to young men and women joining the Services and leaving the area; nevertheless, if any of these persons gets tuberculosis whilst in the Service he is discharged to his home and if he subsequently dies from the disease his death is assigned to this County. I again give a correction of rates for the County when the deaths of immigrants and those dying from other causes are excluded:— Official County Rate Tuberculosis (All Forms). .48 Rate with immigrants excluded .45 Rate with immigrants and deaths from other causes excluded ... .43