Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Tuberculosis. TABLE SHOWING SEX AND AGE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL PRIMARY NOTIFICATIONS AND DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS DURING 195 7.
Notifications | Deaths.† | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age Periods. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||||
Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
0 – 1 yr. | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
1 – 5 „ | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
5 – 15 „ | 4 | 6 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
15 – 25 „ | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
25 – 35 „ | 19 | 17 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
35 – 45 „ | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
45 – 55 „ | 34 | 6 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
55 – 65 „ | 37 | 10 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – |
65 and over | 21 | 2 | – | 2 | 9 | 2 | – | – |
TOTALS | 155 | 67 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
† After correction for inward and outward transfers.
TABLE SHOWING NOTIFICATIONS AND DEATHS, TOGETHER WITH THE ESTIMATED POPULATION DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
Year. | Estimated Population. | No. of Primary notifications. | Notification Rate per 1,000 Population. | No. of Deaths. | Death Rate per 1,000 Population. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1953 | 180,200 | 306 | 1.7 | 49 | 0.27 |
1954 | 179,500 | 364 | 2.0 | 26 | 0.14 |
1955 | 178,400 | 318 | 1.8 | 30 | 0.16 |
1956 | 177,800 | 330 | 1.8 | 25 | 0.13 |
1957 | 177,700 | 240 | 1.3 | 26 | 0.14 |
Food and Drugs Adulteration. Summary of Samples obtained for examination.
Number examined. | Number adulterated, etc. | Percentage of adulteration. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. |
401 | 496 | 897 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1.5 | 1.01 |
Particulars of the adulterated samples and the action taken
are set out on pages and .