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 T.6—
Site of tuberculous lesion | Numbers of notifications of new cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis by age | Total (all ages) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25 + | ||
Meninges and C.N.S. | 1 | 10 | |||
Abdomen | — | 3 | 10 | 15 | |
Bones and joints | — | 8 | 33 | 45 | |
Skin and erythema nodosum | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 |
Peripheral glands | 3 | 7 | 25 | 68 | 103 |
Genito-urinary | — | 1 | 7 | 48 | 56 |
Other sites | — | — | 1 | 10 | 11 |
All sites | 6 | 17 | 45 | 177 | 245 |
T able T .7 —
At 31st Dec. | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 18,475 | 18,897 | 19,300 | 19,715 | 19,946 | 20,308 | 19,553 | 19,380 | 18,759 | 18,153 |
Females | 14,930 | 15,576 | 15,846 | 15,928 | 15,836 | 15,597 | 14,858 | 14,497 | 13,833 | 13,171 |
Males | 1,508 | 1,442 | 1,371 | 1,339 | 1,274 | 1,293 | 1,158 | 1,163 | 1,143 | 1,123 |
Females | 1,820 | 1,709 | 1,704 | 1,710 | 1,709 | 1,674 | 1,555 | 1,527 | 1,473 | 1,402 |
Total | 36,733 | 37,624 | 38,221 | 38,692 | 38,765 | 38,872 | 37,124 | 36,567 | 35,208 | 33,849 |
No. per 1,000 of population | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 10.6 |
T able T.8—
Establishment | Notified case | Children | Adults | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tuberculin tested | Positive reactors | X-rayed | Abnormal | X-rayed | Abnormal | ||
Day school | Teacher | 95 | 18 | 18 | - | 12 | - |
Teacher | 285 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 16 | - | |
Teacher | 106 | 1 | - | - | 12 | - | |
Infant helper | 176 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |
Pupil | 40 | 21 | 21 | - | 12 | - | |
Kitchen helper | 445 | 28 | 28 | - | 18 | - | |
Pupil | 13 | 5 | 5 | - | 14 | 1 | |
Total (7) | 1,160 | 123 | 122 | 1 | 84 | 1 | |
College | Students (3) | 157 | 122 | 122 | - | - | - |
Student | - | - | 23 | - | - | - | |
Total (2) | 157 | 122 | 145 | - | - | - | |
Grand Total (9) | 1,317 | 245 | 267 | 1 | 84 | 1 |