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Bethnal Green 1955
[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 46
cases of respiratory tuberculosis and 5 non-respiratory cases, as
compared with 64 and 8 cases respectively for the previous year.
The following table gives details of the age and sex incidence
of these cases:-
TABLE 11
TABLE 11
| Primary Notifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age periods | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total |
| Respiratory males | | | 1 | l | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | | 27 |
| Respiratory females | | 1 | | | | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Non-respira-tory males | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 3 |
| Non-respiratory females | | | - | | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | | - | 2 | |
In addition to the above, information was received of 34 other
cases by transfers from other areas.
There were 8 deaths during the year certified as being due to
Tuberculosis.
The following table shows the number of cases on the Tuberculosis
Register at the end of 1954, variations which have taken place during
the year, and the number of cases remaining on the Register on the
31st December, 1955.