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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
Bermondsey 1955
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955
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Summary tuberculosis Notifications during the period from the 1st January,1955, to the 31st December, 1955.
| Age Periods | Formal Notifications | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of New Cases of Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 and upwards | Total (all ages) | |
| Pulmonary, Males | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| „ Females | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 23 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| „ Females | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification:—
| Age Periods | 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 and upwards | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary, Males | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| „ Females | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| „ Females | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |