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Bethnal Green 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Tuberculosis
During the year formal notifications (corrected) under the
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952, were received in
respect of 60 cases of respiratory tuberculosis and 4 non-respiratory
cases, as compared with 46 and 5 cases respectively for the previous
year.
The following table gives details of the age and sex Incidence of these casess:- TABLE 11
| Primary Notifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age periods | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total |
| Respiratory males | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| Respiratory females | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 27 |
| Non-respiratory males | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Non—respiratory females | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
In addition to the above, information was received of 20 other
cases by transfers from other areas, and 2 by death returns from
Local Registrar.
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 1955, variations which have taken place during
the year, and the number of cases remaining on the Register on the
31st December, 1956.