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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
Bethnal Green 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Tuberculosis
During the year formal notifications (corrected)under the Public
Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952, were received in respect of
39 cases of respiratory tuberculosis and 3 non-respiratory as compared
with 38 respiratory cases for the previous year.
The following table gives details of the age and sex Incidence of
these cases
TABLE 11
| Primary Notifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age periods | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total |
| Respiratory males | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Respiratory Females | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Non-respir-atory males | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-respiratory females | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
In addition to the above, Information was received of 32 other
cases by transfers from other areas, and one by death return from
Local Registrar.
There were 3 deaths during the year certified as being due to
tuberculosis.
The following table shows the number of cases on the Tuberculosis