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 London County Council]
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Table 12—Primary notifications (a) of and deaths from tuberculosis in the Administrative County of London
Year | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Non.pulmonary tuberculosis | ||||||
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Formal primary notifications | Deaths | Formal primary notifications | Deaths | |||||
No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | |
1913 | (b) 19,218 | 4.25 | 5,863 | 1.30 | (b) 6,436 | 1.42 | 1,611 | 0.36 |
1914 | (b) 16,467 | 3.64 | 6,331 | 1.40 | (b) 3,862 | 0.85 | 1,666 | 0.37 |
1915 | (b) 14,712 | 3.26 | 6,715 | 1.49 | (b) 3,949 | 0.88 | 1,841 | 0.41 |
1916 | (b) 13,547 | 3.01 | 6,364 | 1.41 | (b) 4,084 | 0.91 | 1,641 | 0.36 |
1917 | (b 14,870 | 3.31 | 6,768 | 1.51 | (b) 3,864 | 0.86 | 1,715 | 0.38 |
1918 | (b) 15,670 | 3.50 | 6,920 | 1.55 | (b) 3,517 | 0.79 | 1,526 | 0.34 |
1919 | (b) 12,356 | 2.76 | 5,197 | 1.16 | (b) 3,231 | 0.72 | 1,127 | 0.25 |
1920 | 9,202 | 2.06 | 4,675 | 1.04 | 2,461 | 0.55 | 1,070 | 0.24 |
1921-25 | 38,807 | 1.71 | 22,980 | 1.01 | 10,881 | 0.48 | 4,383 | 0.19 |
1926-30 | 34,353 | 1.53 | 20,247 | 0.90 | 8,97 1 | 0.40 | 3,080 | 0.14 |
1931-35 | 29,569 | 1.38 | 17,075 | 0.79 | 6,322 | 0.29 | 2,354 | 0.11 |
1936 | 5,176 | 1.25 | 2,849 | 0.69 | 1,056 | 0.26 | 363 | 0.09 |
1937 | 5,455 | 1.33 | 2,888 | 0.71 | 1,014 | 0.25 | 351 | 0.09 |
1938 | 5,200 | 1.28 | 2,590 | 0.64 | 982 | 0.24 | 347 | 0.09 |
1939 | 4,691 | 1.24 | 2,650 (c) | 0.70 | 805 | 0.21 | 302 (c) | 0.08 |
1940 | 4,326 | 1.34 | 2,687 (c) | 0.87 | 653 | 0.20 | 318 (c) | 0.10 |
1941 | 4,577 | 1.83 | 2,552 (c) | 1.10 | 675 | 0.27 | 343 (c) | 0.15 |
1942 | 4,734 | 1.80 | 2,164 (c) | 0.90 | 796 | 0.30 | 283 (c) | 0.12 |
1943 | 5,066 | 1.82 | 2,204 (c) | 0.88 | 782 | 0.28 | 256 (c) | 0.10 |
1944 | 5,056 | 1.84 | 2,073 (c) | 0.84 | 673 | 0.24 | 237 (c) | 0.10 |
1945 | 4,893 | 1.68 | 2,033 (c) | 0.78 | 614 | 0.21 | 224 (c) | 0.09 |
1946 | 5,137 | 1.57 | 1,940 (c) | 0.62 | 611 | 0.19 | 243 (c) | 0.08 |
1947 | 5,421 | 1.58 | 2,044 (c) | 0.62 | 662 | 0.19 | 252 (c) | 0.08 |
1948 | 5,473 | 1.61 | 1,900 (c) | 0.57 | 600 | 0.18 | 202 (c) | 0.06 |
1949 | 5,699 | 1.68 | 1,585 (c) | 0.47 | 553 | 0.16 | 156 (c) | 0.05 |
(a) Excluding posthumous cases. (b) Not checked for duplicates.
(c) Excluding non-civilians from 3 Sept., 1939. Rates based on civil population.
Table 13(a)—Tuberculosis—Primary notifications on London during the year 1949
Form of tuberculosis notified | Sex | Number of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosis | Total all ages | ||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45— | 55- | 65+ | |||
Pulmonary tuberculosis | M. | 12 | 141 | 95 | 58 | 292 | 391 | 680 | 523 | 484 | 423 | 186 | 3,285 |
F. | 19 | 107 | 89 | 99 | 352 | 477 | 671 | 321 | 143 | 80 | 56 | 2,414 | |
Other forms of tuberculosis | M. | 2 | 37 | 41 | 34 | 19 | 33 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 255 |
F. | 7 | 35 | 39 | 29 | 28 | 46 | 60 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 298 | |
All froms of tuberculosis | M. | 14 | 178 | 136 | 92 | 311 | 424 | 716 | 544 | 502 | 430 | 193 | 3,540 |
F. | 26 | 142 | 128 | 128 | 380 | 523 | 731 | 346 | 155 | 89 | 64 | 2,712 |