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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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Formal Notifications, 1954.
| Age Periods | 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 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 66 |
| Respiratory, Females | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | 62 |
| Non-Respiratory,Males | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Non-Respiratory, Fem. | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 8 |
New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of 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 (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 (B) | ||
| N.R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — (D) | ||
| Death Returns from Registrar-General (Transferable Deaths) | R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||
| N.R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||
| Posthumous Notifications | R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (A) |
| F | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 (B) | ||
| N.R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||
| "Transfers" from Other Areas (excluding transferable deaths) | R. | M | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 32 (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 38 (B) | ||
| N.R. | M | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 (D) | |||
| Other Sources | R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||
| N.R. | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||
R.—Respiratory. Totals (A) 33
N.R —Non-Respiratory. „ (B) 42
„ (C) 3
(D) 3
81
Total number of Informal Notifications