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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
Bethnal Green 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Tuberculosis
During the year formal notifications under the Public Health
(Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952, were received in respect of 64 cases
of respiratory tuberculosis and 4 non-respiratory cases as compared
with 71 and 8 cases respectively for the previous year.
The following table gives details of the age and sex incidence
of these cases:-
TABLE 11
| Primary Notifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age periods | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total |
| Respiratory males | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | - | 38 |
| Respiratory females | - | - | 3 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 10 | l | 1 | - | 1 | - | 26 |
| Non-respiratory, males | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nonrespiratory, females | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
In addition to the above, information was received of 25 other
cases from the following sources:-
Local Death Returns 1
Registrar General's Death Returns
(transferable deaths) 1
Posthumous notifications
Transfers from other areas 23
There were 9 deaths during the year certified as being due to
Tuberculosis.