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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Tuberculosis, 1952. Cases Added to and Removed from Notification Register.
| Already on Register, 31/12/51 | PULMONARY | NON-PULMONARY | GRAND TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Females | Males | Total | |
| 522 | 483 | 1,005 | 42 | 87 | 129 | 564 | 1,134 | 570 | |
| Primary notifications | 105 | 66 | 171 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 110 | 78 | 188 |
| Notified after death | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – |
| Unnotified deaths | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Restored | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Removals into Borough | 24 | 27 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 30 | 56 |
| From other sections | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| TOTAL ADDITIONS | 131 | 97 | 228 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 139 | 112 | 251 |
| Deaths | 29 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 42 |
| Notified after death | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Unnotified deaths | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Removals from Borough | 37 | 49 | 86 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 55 | 94 |
| Recovered | 17 | 21 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 48 |
| Diagnosis not confirmed | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| To other sections | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| TOTAL DELETIONS | 86 | 84 | 170 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 93 | 102 | 195 |
| Net increase | 45 | 13 | 58 | 1 | – | – | 46 | 10 | 56 |
| Net decrease | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | – |
| On Register at 31/12/52 | 567 | 496 | 1,063 | 43 | 84 | 127 | 610 | 580 | 1,190 |