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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
Camberwell 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Particulars of all new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from this disease during 1948 are given in the following table:—
| New Cases*. | Deaths†. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Periods. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||||
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| 0 – 1 yr. | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 1 – 5 yrs. | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 3 | 2 |
| 5 – 15 „ | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 15 – 25 „ | 35 | 59 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 10 | – | 1 |
| 25 – 35 „ | 61 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | – | – |
| 35 – 45 „ | 40 | 27 | – | 1 | 13 | 10 | – | 1 |
| 45-55 „ | 31 | 9 | – | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | – |
| 55-65 „ | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | – | 1 |
| 65 and over | 11 | 4 | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 237 | 187 | 15 | 26 | 60 | 41 | 7 | 9 |
* Including primary formal notifications and cases which came to the knowledge
of the Medical Officer of Health from other sources.
† After correction for inward and outward transfers.
During the year under review 391 primary notifications of
tuberculosis were received, of which 359 were cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis and 32 non-pulmonary. No instance occurred
where there was evidence of wilful neglect or refusal on the part
of a medical practitioner to notify a case.
Deaths from all forms of tuberculosis during the year numbered
117 equal to a death rate of 0.6 per 1000 of the population.
Twenty-two of these cases had not been notified as persons
suffering from tuberculosis.
The following table gives particulars of the prevalence and fatality of tuberculosis since 1945:—
| Year. | Estimated Population. | No. of Primary notifications. | No. of Deaths. | Notification Rate per 1,000 Population. | Death Rate per 1,000 Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 135,460 | 257 | 126 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
| 1946 | 164,380 | 336 | 99 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| 1947 | 175,060 | 356 | 135 | 2.0 | 0.7 |
| 1948 | 178,200 | 391 | 117 | 2.2 | 0.6 |