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Bermondsey 1951
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1951
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TABLE I. TUBERCULOSIS, 1951—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 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 25 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 35 | 8 | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| 45 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| 55 | 12 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | – |
| 65 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| 75 and upwards | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 59 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
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 II. TUBERCULOSIS, 1951— NOTIFICATION REGISTER
| Respiratory System | Other Forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Number of Cases on Register at commencement of Year | 333 | 265 | 50 | 48 |
| Number of Cases Notified during Year | 49 | 40 | 2 | 7 |
| Inward Transfers, Un-notified Deaths, etc., during Year | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| Number of Cases Removed from the Register during Year | 69 | 54 | 12 | 10 |
| Number of Cases Remaining on the Register at end of Year | 323 | 261 | 44 | 45 |