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Finsbury 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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a child aged 9. Both were removed to hospital where they completely
recovered.
TUBERCULOSIS: In 1962 23 new notifications were received, and their age and sex distribution was as follows-
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | - 65- | - Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |||||||||
| Pulmonary | |||||||||||||
| F | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
| M | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Non-Pulmonary | |||||||||||||
| P | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 23 | ||||
The non-pulmonary cases included 1 Meningitis, 1 hip. The notification
rate of all forms of T.B. was 7.07 per 10,000 as against 4.71 for
the whole country (1961). The total number of cases remaining on the
Register after adjustment for deaths and transfers were, on the 31st
December, 1962.
Pulmonary
Non-Pulmonary
Males
133
12
145
Females
101
10
111
Total
234
22
256
There were 12 deaths during 1962 of persons previously notified as
suffering from Tuberculosis, and not removed from the register on the
grounds of arrest of the disease, but eight of these were from other
causes; the remaining four were as follows:-
(a) from Pulmonary Tuberculosis M. 65, F. 34, 72.
(b) from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis M. 76.
The death rate was 13 per 100,000 of the population, as against
the national rate of 6.6 (1962).
I should like to acknowledge the willing co-operation and facilities
in the interchange of information which has been provided by the Chest
Physician, Dr. W.D.R. Thompson, and his staff.
MASS RADIOGRAPHY UNIT CF):
During 1962 the Mass Radiography Unit examined 40,706 males and
27,056 females - making a total of 67,762. Up to the end of 1962 the
Unit has examined 759,799 persons since it commenced operations in May,
1950.