London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Age Periods | Formal Notifications | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | Total (all ages) | |
| Respiratory, Males | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 5 | – | 85 |
| Respiratory, Females | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 49 |
| Non-Respiratory, Males | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Non-Respiratory, Fem. | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 12 |
New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification.
| Source of Information | Number of cases in age Groups | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 5- | 10— | 15- | 20— | 25— | 35- | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75- | Total | ||
| Death Returns from Local Registrars | R. M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 3 (A) |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 (B) | |
| N.R. M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (C) | |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (D) | |
| Death Returns from Registrar-General (Transferable Deaths) | R. M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 (A) |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 (B) | |
| N.R. M | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 (C) | |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (D) | |
| Posthumous Notifications | R. M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (A) |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (B) | |
| N.R. M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (C) | |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (D) | |
| "Transfers"from Other Areas (excluding transferable deaths) | R. M | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 16 (A) |
| F | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 23 (B) | |
| N.R. M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (C) | |
| F | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 (D) | |
| Other Sources | R. M. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (A) |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (B) | |
| N.R. M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (C) | |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – (D) | |
R. —Respiratory. Totals (A) 20
N.R.—Non-Respiratory. „ (B) 25
(C) 2
(D) 4
Total number of Informal Notifications 51