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London County Council 1914
Annual report of the Council, 1914 Vol. III public health...
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Report of the County Medical Officer—General.
treatment of the sick, which are supported wholly or partially otherwise than by the contributions of
the patients (or of their relatives or guardians) and otherwise than from rates and taxes. These
Regulations are described as the Public Health (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations, and came into
force on 1st May, 1911.
Under this order the Council has made the following summary return of cases of tuberculosis notified in the County of London in 1914 (52 weeks).
| Form of Tuberculosis notified. | Sex. | Notifications on Form A. (Total of primary notifications received in London boroughs, other than elementary school cases, infra.) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65 + | Age not stated. | Total. | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | M. | 31 | 177 | 486 | 429 | 630 | 891 | 2,007 | 2,140 | 1,581 | 712 | 203 | 10 | 9,297 |
| F. | 25 | 157 | 421 | 500 | 572 | 883 | 1,797 | 1,378 | 780 | 332 | 200 | 2 | 7,047 | |
| Other Tuberculosis | M. | 144 | 441 | 520 | 290 | 155 | 92 | 136 | 69 | 58 | 32 | 12 | - | 1,949 |
| F. | 121 | 361 | 379 | 275 | 168 | 121 | 145 | 98 | 42 | 19 | 20 | - | 1,749 | |
| All forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 175 | 618 | 1,006 | 719 | 785 | 983 | 2,143 | 2,209 | 1,639 | 744 | 215 | 10 | 11,246 |
| F. | 146 | 518 | 800 | 775 | 740 | 1,004 | 1,942 | 1,476 | 822 | 351 | 220 | 2 | 8,796 | |
Under this order the Council has made the following summary return of cases of tuberculosis notified in the County of London in 1914 (52 weeks).
| Form of Tuberculosis notified. | Sex. | Notifications on Form B. (Primary notifications of cases discovered through medical inspection in elementary schools.) | Notifications on Form C. (Secondary notifications from institutions receiving cases.) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 5— | 10— | 15 + | Total. | Poor-law. | Other. | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | M. | 3 | 26 | 28 | — | 57 | 3,183 | 1,956 |
| F. | 2 | 34 | 30 | — | 66 | 1,250 | 1,029 | |
| Other Tuberculosis | M. | 4 | 54 | 22 | 1 | 81 | 348 | 83 |
| F. | 2 | 48 | 32 | 1 | 83 | 203 | 62 | |
| All forms of Tuberculosis | M. | 7 | 80 | 50 | 1 | 138 | 3,531 | 2,039 |
| F. | 4 | 82 | 62 | 1 | 149 | 1,453 | 1,091 | |
In classifying the returns of notifications received from the borough councils for the purpose of
this summary, care has been taken to follow as far as possible the International List of Causes of Death,
adopted by the Registrar-General in 1911; and the notifications should therefore be comparable with
the deaths in London from "pulmonary," and from "other tuberculosis," respectively.
Cancer.
The deaths from cancer in the Administrative County of London during 1914 (52 weeks),
numbered 5,226, as compared with 5,206 for the 53 weeks of 1913. The death-rates from this disease
in 1914 and preceding periods are given in table I., page 40.
For the purpose of enabling the incidence of caucer on the several populations of the sanitary
districts to be more precisely stated, factors have been calculated for correcting the death-rates, as far
as possible, for differences in the age and sex constitution of the several populations concerned.