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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 1961
[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 1961.
| Age Periods | Notifications | Deaths – | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Nonpulmonary | Pulmonary | Nonpulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0- 1 yr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1 – 5 " | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 – 15 " | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 15 – 25 " | 10 | 18 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 25 – 35 " | 9 | 11 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| 35 – 45 " | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 45 – 55 " | 29 | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| 55 – 65 " | 17 | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 65 and over | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 95 | 52 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 2 | – | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 177,700 | 240 | 1.3 | 26 | 0.14 |
| 1958 | 177,300 | 193 | 1.1 | 32 | 0.18 |
| 1959 | 176,100 | 162 | 0.9 | 14 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 175,020 | 183 | 1.0 | 18 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 173,980 | 165 | 0.9 | 20 | 0.12 |
RETURN OF VISITS – INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND OLD PERSONS
| Food Poisoning | Dysentery | Poliomyelitis | Scarlet Fever | Scabies | Diphtheria | Smallpox | Other Diseases | Aged and Infirm Persons | Miscellaneous | Total Visits | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | Cases | Contacts | |||
| 64 | 18 | 56 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 35 | – | 10 | 3 | 74 | 401 | – | 27 | 20 | 22 | 837 | 494 | 2,083 |