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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 12.
TUBERCULOSIS - New Cases and Deaths,
| New Cases . | 226 Pulmonary cases notified Included 160 Primary notifications, 13 from death returns and 53 transfers. |
| 26 Non Pulmonary cases notified included 16 Primary notifications, 4 from death returns and 6 transfers. | |
| Deaths. | 51 Pulmonary; 2 Non Pulmonary. |
Details of age distribution are as follows
| -1 | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total (all ages) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) New Cases. | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | M | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 132 |
| F | - | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 94 | |
| Non Pulmonary | M | - | - | - | 1 | l | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | l | 2 | - | - | 16 |
| F | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 10 | |
| (b) Deaths. | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | M | - | — | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 38 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 13 | |
| Non Pulmonary | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .- | - | - | ||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Table 13.
TUBERCULOSIS -Variations in Register.
| Pulmonary | Non Pulmonary | Total Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F, | M. | F. | ||
| (a) Cases on Register at 1/1/50 | 533 | 362 | 94 | 81 | 1070 |
| (b) New cases notified | 90 | 75 | 9 | 6 | 180 |
| (c ) Cases restored to Register | 10 | 7 | 2 | -• | 19 |
| (d) Other cases added | 32 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 55 |
| (e) Removals | 120 | 74 | 12 | 9 | 215 |
| (f) Cases remaining on Register at 31/12/50 | 545 | 385 | 98 | 81 | 1109 |
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