London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Battersea 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Age Periods | Formal Notifications | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45- | 55— | 65— | 75— | Total (all ages) | |
| Respiratory,Males | 3 | — | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 5 | _ | 108 |
| Respiratory,Females | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | 8 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 82 |
| Non-Respiratory,Males | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| Non-Respiratory,Females | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 11 |
New cases Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification.
| Source of Information | Number of cases in age Groups | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total | |||
| Death Returns from Local Registrars | R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||
| N.R. | M | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||
| Death Returns from Registrar General (Transferable Deaths) | R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 (A) |
| F | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 (B) | ||
| N.R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||
| Posthumous Notifications | R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||
| N.R. | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (D) | ||
| "Transfers" from Other Areas (excluding transferable deaths) | R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 16 (B) | ||
| N.R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 (D) | ||
| Other Sources | R | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||
| N.R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||
| R.-Respiratory. | Totals (A) | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| N.R.-Non-Respiratory. | „ (B) | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| „ (C) | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| „ (D) | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Total number of Informal Notifications | 39 | |||||||||||||||