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Bethnal Green 1958
[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 38 cases of respiratory tuberculosis as compared with
41 respiratory and 2 non-respiratory cases 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 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| Respiratory females | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Non-respiratory males | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Non-respiratory females | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
In addition to the above, information was received of 28 other
cases by transfers from other areas, and two by death returns from
Local Registrar,
There were 9 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 1957, variations which have taken place during
the year, and the number of cases remaining on the Register on the
31st December, 1958.