Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Age Periods | Formal Notifications | |||||||||||||
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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 | — | — | 1 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 82 | |
Respiratory, Females | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | - | 3 | 53 | |
Non-Respiratory, Males | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | 3 |
Non-Respiratory, Females | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | — | - | — | 5 |
Year | No. of Cases notified | No. of Deaths | No. of Cases on Register of Notifica-tions | ||
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Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
1940 | 143 | 24 | 167 | 118 | 813 |
1941 | 160 | 39 | 199 | 103 | 828 |
1942 | 169 | 31 | 200 | 104 | 963 |
1943 | 177 | 24 | 201 | 72 | 1,097 |
1944 | 192 | 22 | 214 | 93 | 1,184 |
1945 | 207 | 23 | 230 | 93 | 1,282 |
1946 | 188 | 23 | 211 | 85 | 1,487 |
1947 | 189 | 21 | 210 | 90 | 1,517 |
1948 | 167 | 20 | 187 | 76 | 1,599 |
1949 | 193 | 14 | 207 | 51 | 1,674 |
1950 | 166 | 21 | 187 | 39 | 1,779 |
1951 | 193 | 15 | 208 | 44 | 1,852 |
1952 | 180 | 14 | 194 | 43 | 1,494 |
1953 | 198 | 17 | 215 | 33 | 1,595 |
1954 | 167 | 13 | 180 | 21 | 1,495 |
1955 | 135 | 15 | 150 | 16 | 1,510 |
1956 | 156 | 9 | 165 | 17 | 1,536 |
1957 | 126 | 16 | 142 | 9 | 1,517 |
1958 | 123 | 5 | 128 | 15 | 1,537 |
1959 | 135 | 8 | 143 | 8 | 1,581 |
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years (inclusive)—203. 1940/1949
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years (inclusive)—203. | 1940/1949 |
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years (inclusive)—171. | 1950/1959 |
Average number of deaths for the 10 years (inclusive)—88. | 1940/1949 |
Average number of deaths for the 10 years (inclusive)—24. | 1950/1959 |