Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1950
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III.—TUBERCULOSIS.
In Table I are set out particulars of new cases and deaths during
the year, and Table II shows the state of the Notification Register.
TABLE I. TUBERCULOSIS, 1950—NEW CASES AND DEATHS.
AGE PERIODS | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 |
5 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
10 | 2 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
15 | 3 | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
20 | 14 | 20 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
25 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – |
35 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – |
45 | 14 | 3 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 2 |
55 | 11 | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – |
65 and upwards | 5 | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – |
76 | 54 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
TABLE II. TUBERCULOSIS, 1950—NOTIFICATION REGISTER
Respiratory System | Other Forms | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | Males | Females | |
Number of Cases on Register at commencement of Year | 330 | 271 | 58 | 48 |
Number of Cases Notified during Year | 61 | 44 | 3 | 7 |
Inward Transfers, Un-notified Deaths, etc., during Year | 15 | 10 | – | 1 |
Number of Cases Removed from the Register during Year | 73 | 60 | 11 | 8 |
Number of Cases Remaining on the Register at end of Year | 333 | 265 | 50 | 48 |