London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
This page requires JavaScript
15.
IV. - tuberculosis.
Notifications - Fifty-five new oases of pulmonary tuberculosis and five of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during 1953 compared with 56 pulmonary and 6 non-pulmonary notifications in 1952. The following table givee the age grouping of new cases notified.
| AGE PERIODS | FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS. Number of primary notifications of new cases. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 5-10 | 10 - 15 | 15 - 20 | 20 - 25 | 25 - 35 | 35 - 45 | 45 - 55 | 55 - 65 | 65 - 75 | 75 and upwards | Total (all ages) | |
| Pulmonary, Males | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | ||
| " Females | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 28 | |||
| Non-pulmonary, Males | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| " Females | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | - | - | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 60 |
The following table gives the number of oases which came to the notice of the Medioal Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification, and the souroa from whioh information was obtained.
| Source of information | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | |
| Death Returns | — | — | — | — |
| Transfers from other areas. | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| Other souroes | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 |