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Bethnal Green 1954
[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 8 non-respiratory cases, as
compared with 64 and 4 cases respectively far the previous year.
The following table gives details of the age and sex incidence of these eases:-
TABLE 11
| Primary Notifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age periods | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total |
| Respiratory males | - | 2 | - | 1 | l | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | - | 35 |
| Respiratory females | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | l | 29 |
| Non-respiratory, males | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Non-respiratory, females | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
In addition to the above, information was received of 32 other
cases from the following sources:-
Local Death Returns 1
Registrar General's Death Returns
(transferable deaths)
Posthumous notifications
Transfers from other areas 31
There were 14 deaths during the year certified as being due to
Tuberculosis.