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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Tuberculosis, 1962. 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, 31/12/61 | 566 | 449 | 1,015 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 591 | 478 | 1,069 |
| Primary notifications | 33 | 36 | 69 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 40 | 75 |
| Notified after death | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Unnotified deaths | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| Restored | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Removals into Borough | 20 | 21 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 43 |
| From other sections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTAL ADDITIONS | 58 | 58 | 116 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 61 | 63 | 124 |
| Deaths | 16 | 7 | 23 | — | — | — | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| Notified after death | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Unnotified deaths | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| Removals from Borough | 54 | 42 | 96 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 45 | 101 |
| Recovered | 30 | 28 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 31 | 62 |
| Diagnosis not confirmed | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | l |
| To other sections | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTAL DELETIONS | 106 | 78 | 184 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 109 | 84 | 193 |
| Net increase | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net decrease | 48 | 20 | 68 | — | 1 | 1 | 48 | 21 | |
| On Register at 31/12/62 | 518 | 429 | 947 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 543 | 457 | 1,000 |
Formal Notifications, 1962.
| Age Periods | Number of primary notifications of new cases of tuberculos^ | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 10- | 15- | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | Total (allages) | |
| Respiratory Males | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | — | 33 |
| Respiratory Females | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | 36 |
| Non-Respiratory Males | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Non-Respiratory Females | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 |