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Battersea 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: Tuberculosis, 1959.Cases Added to and Removed from Notification Register.

Tuberculosis, 1959.Cases Added to and Removed from Notification Register.

PulmonaryNon- PulmonaryGrand Total
MalesFem.TotalMalesFem.TotalMalesFem.Total
Already on Register, 31/12/586195241,1432647736455711,216
Primary notifications472471314502575
Notified after death—————————
Unnotified deaths2131—1314
Restored224———224
Removals into Borough3520554—4392059
From other sections—————————
TOTAL ADDITIONS86471338199448142
Deaths15217———15217
Notified after death—————————
Unnotified deaths2131—1314
Removals from Borough56461023365949108
Recovered322456167333063
Diagnosis not confirmed123—11134
To other sections—————————
TOTAL DELETIONS106751815101511185196
Net increase———3—————
Net decrease202848—9617375
On Register at 31/12/595994961,0952938676285341,162

Table: Formal Notifications, 1959

Formal Notifications, 1959

Age PeriodsNumber of primary notifications of new cases oftuberculosis
0—1—2—5—10—15—20—25—35—45—55—65—75—Total (all ages)
Respiratory, Males——1—42788834247
Respiratory, Females1——12343622——24
Non-Respiratory, Males——1—————1—1——3
Non-Respiratory, Fem.————————1————1