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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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The death rate per 100,000 of the population during the 50 years ended 1950 in quinquennial averages and the years 1951, 1952, 1953. 1954, 1955 and 1956 are given in the following table:—
| Years | Pulmonary | NonPulmonary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-1905 | 138.1 | 50.9 | 189.0 |
| 1906-1910 | 126.8 | 45.9 | 172.7 |
| 1911-1915 | 124.2 | 33.8 | 158.0 |
| 1916-1920 | 134.8 | 30.0 | 164.8 |
| 1921-1925 | 92.6 | 23.0 | 115.6 |
| 1926-1930 | 91.1 | 14.2 | 105.3 |
| 1931-1935 | 81.8 | 14.4 | 96.2 |
| 1936-1940 | 76.1 | 9.2 | 85.3 |
| 1941-1945 | 91.8 | 11.0 | 102.8 |
| 1946-1950 | 53.1 | 6.1 | 59.2 |
| Average (50 years) | 101.0 | 23.9 | 124.9 |
| 1951 | 39.3 | 3.4 | 42.7 |
| 1952 | 29.2 | 2.6 | 31.8 |
| 1953 | 12.2 | 4.4 | 16.6 |
| 1954 | 17.5 | 3.5 | 21.0 |
| 1955 | 12.3 | 12.3 | |
| 1956 | 12.4 | 0.9 | 13.3 |
The death rate per 100,000 population was 12.1 for England
and Wales
Tuberculosis, 1956.
Cases Added to and Removed from Notification Register.
| Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonary | Grand Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Fem. | Total | Males | Fem. | Total | Males | Fem | Total | |
| Already on Register, 31/12/55 | 652 | 551 | 1,203 | 31 | 61 | 92 | 683 | 612 | 1,295 |
| Primary notifications | 62 | 40 | 102 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 44 | 108 |
| Notified after death | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Unnotified deaths | 1 | 3 | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Restored | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Removals into Borough | 21 | 29 | 50 | — | 23 | 29 | 52 | ||
| From other sections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total additions | 87 | 71 | 158 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 91 | 76 | 167 |
| Deaths | 12 | 6 | 18 | _ | — | _ | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| Notified after death | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | — | 1 |
| Unnotified deaths | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Removals from Borough | 56 | 54 | 110 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 63 | 60 | 123 |
| Recovered | 26 | 19 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 28 | 57 |
| Diagnosis not confirmed | 4 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| To other sections total DELETIONS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 101 | 82 | 183 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 111 | 98 | 209 | |
| Net increase | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — |
| Net decrease | 14 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| On Register at 31/12/56 | 638 | 540 | 1,178 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 663 | 590 | 1,253 |