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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 21.
TUBERCULOSIS - NEW CASES AND DEATHS
| New Cases. | 143 pulmonary cases were notified, including 135 primary notifications, 6 from death returns and 2 posthumous notifications . | ||||||||||||||
| 14 non-pulmonary cases were notified, all being primary notifications. | |||||||||||||||
| Deaths. | 17 persons died from pulmonary tuberculosis. There were no deaths from non-pulmonary tuberculosis. | ||||||||||||||
| Age Distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows:- | |||||||||||||||
| -1 | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | 65- | Total (all ages) | |||
| (a) New Cases (Primary Notifications) | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | M | - | — | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 105 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 30 | ||
| N on-Pulmonary | M | — | - | — | — | — | - | 1 | - | — | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| F | 1 | 1 | - | - | l | l | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 9 | ||
| (b) Deaths | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | ||
| Non-Pulmonary | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Table 22.
TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| (a) Cases on Register at l/l/59 | 680 | 368 | 79 | 88 | 1215 |
| (b) New Cases | 105 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 149 |
| (c) Cases restored' to Register | 13 | 6 | — | — | 19 |
| (d) Other cases added | 68 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 101 |
| (e) Removals | 129 | 66 | 12 | 10 | 217 |
| (f) Cases remaining on Register at 31/12/59 | 737 | 367 | 73 | 90 | 1267 |