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Shoreditch 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Details of cases removed from Register during the year -

Reason for removalPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
MFMF
Withdrawal of notification---2
Recovery from disease61054
Death14722
Otherwise (e.g. removal from district)252615
Total4543813

Revision of Notification Register -

PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal
MFMF
No.of cases on Register at31st December. 1949390340130101961
No. added during year635069128
No. removed during year4543813109
No. of cases on Register at 31st December, 1950.40834712897980

The following table shows the incidence of cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from that disease for the last ten years

YearNotification rate per 1,000 populationDeath rate per 1,000 population.
PulmonaryNon- PulmonaryAll formsPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryAll forms
19391.000.251.250.930.151.08
19401.630.281.911.370.171.54
19412.670.363.031.980.192.17
19421.660.572.231.340.061.40
19432.310.392.711.300.171.47
19442.120.232.350.760.090.85
19451.740. 382.120.950.141.09
19461.830. 242.070.920. 091.01
19471. 550.221.770. 670.070.74
19481.620.181.800.770.070.84
19491.280.291.570.730.110.84
19501.360.181.540.380.070.45