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Wandsworth 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1951
TUBERCULOSIS
Notifications.—The total number of new cases which came to
the notice of the Department during 1951 was 716 compared with
671 in 1950.
The sources of information regarding the 716 new cases were as follows:—
| Primary notifications on Form A | 505 |
| Notifications from H.M. Forces | 5 |
| Unnotified at death | 19 |
| Transfers from other sanitary authorities | 187 |
| Total | 716 |
Deaths.—The number of deaths certified as due to diseases of
a tuberculous nature was 107.
Particulars of the new cases and deaths during the year, classified by sexes and age groups are given in the following table:—
TABLE VI.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1— 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 3—5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 5—10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 10—15 | 8 | 6 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 15—25 | 71 | 104 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 25—45 | 158 | 142 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 45—65 | 88 | 26 | — | 2 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 65 and upwards | 24 | 5 | — | 3 | 16 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Totals | 370 | 305 | 18 | 23 | 66 | 29 | 3 | 9 |