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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Tuberculosis, 1950. Cases Added to and Removed from Notification Register.
| PULMONARY | NON-PULMONARY | GRAND TOTAL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |
| Already on Register, 31/12/49 | 499 | 482 | 981 | 62 | 100 | 162 | 561 | 582 | 1,143 |
| Primary notifications | 85 | 49 | 134 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 88 | 61 | 149 |
| Notified after death | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Unnotified deaths | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Restored | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Removals into Borough | 16 | 23 | 39 | – | 4 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 43 |
| From other sections | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL ADDITIONS | 108 | 76 | 184 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 113 | 92 | 205 |
| Deaths | 31 | 15 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 48 |
| Notified after death | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 |
| Unnotified deaths | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Removals from Borough | 34 | 44 | 78 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 50 | 90 |
| Recovered | 24 | 23 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 53 |
| Diagnosis not confirmed | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| To other sections | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL DELETIONS | 95 | 86 | 181 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 109 | 99 | 208 |
| Net increase | 13 | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | – |
| Net decrease | – | 10 | – | 9 | – | 6 | – | 7 | 3 |
| On Register at 31/12/50 | 512 | 472 | 984 | 53 | 103 | 156 | 565 | 575 | 1,140 |