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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
Kensington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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58
TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year 184 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 52 cases of non.pulmonary
tuberculosis were notified.
The following table shows the number of cases of both forms of the disease notified in the borough and the several wards therein during each year since 1924.
| District. | Years. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | 1933. | |
| The Borough | 314 | 292 | 317 | 252 | 276 | 241 | 260 | 245 | 260 | 236 |
| North Kensington | 228 | 207 | 227 | 166 | 179 | 156 | 178 | 149 | 174 | 148 |
| South Kensington | 86 | 85 | 90 | 86 | 97 | 85 | 82 | 96 | 86 | 88 |
| Wards. | ||||||||||
| St. Charles | 45 | 52 | 50 | 39 | 48 | 39 | 56 | 49 | 55 | 46 |
| Golborne | 65 | 56 | 69 | 53 | 57 | 41 | 46 | 40 | 48 | 43 |
| Norland | 75 | 67 | 59 | 44 | 49 | 43 | 42 | 31 | 42 | 35 |
| Pembridge | 43 | 32 | 49 | 30 | 25 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 29 | 24 |
| Holland | 30 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 17 |
| Earl's Court | 13 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 29 |
| Queen's Gate | 17 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Redcliffe | 15 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 32 | 24 | 20 |
| Brompton | 11 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
The following summary shows the age and sex distribution of the cases notified and the deaths from this disease during the year :—
| Age periods. | New cases.† | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non.respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non.respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | I |
| 5 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 10 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 15 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | — | 1 |
| 20 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | — | 2 |
| 25 | 23 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | — |
| 35 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | — | |
| 45 | 18 | 6 | — | — | 11 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 55 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 90 | 94 | 25 | 27 | 66 | 58 | 5 | 9 |
† Primary notifications of persons notified during life to be suffering from tuberculosis.