Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Tuberculosis TABLE SHOWING SEX AND AGE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL PRIMARY NOTIFICATIONS AND DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS DURING 1962
Age Periods | Notifications | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Nonpulmonary | Pulmonary | Nonpulmonary | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
0 – 1 yr. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1 – 5 yr. | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
5 – 15 yr. | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
15 – 25 yr. | 14 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
25 – 35 yr. | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – |
35 – 45 yr. | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
45 – 55 yr. | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
55 – 65 yr. | 32 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
65 and over | 10 | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
Totals | 107 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | – | – |
After correction for inward and outward transfers.
TABLE SHOWING NOTIFICATIONS AND DEATHS, TOGETHER WITH THE ESTIMATED POPULATION DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS
Year | Estimated Population | No. of Primary Notifications | Notification Rate per 1,000 Population | No.of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 Population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1958 | 177,300 | 193 | 1.1 | 32 | 0.18 |
1959 | 176,100 | 162 | 0.9 | 14 | 0.08 |
1960 | 175,020 | 183 | 1.0 | 18 | 0.10 |
1961 | 173,980 | 165 | 0.9 | 20 | 0.12 |
1962 | 173,720 | 152 | 0.8 | 8 | 0.05 |
RETURN OF VISITS – INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND OLD PERSONS
Food Poisoning | Dysentery | Poliomyelitis | Scarlet Fever | Scabies | Diphtheria | Smallpox | Other Diseases | Aged and Infirm Persons | Miscellaneous | Total Visits | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | |||
72 | 4 | 315 | 20 | 2 | – | 27 | – | 10 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 20 | 37 | 14 | 1,409 | 417 | 2,351 |