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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 1964
[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
22 cases of respiratory tuberculosis and two non-respiratory as
compared with 32 respiratory cases and three non-respiratory cases
for the previous year.
The following table gives details of the age and sex incidence
of these cases:-
Table 10 Primary Notification
| Age Periods | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory males | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | - | 16 |
| Respiratory females | - | - | - | - | l | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Non-respiratory males | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Non-respiratory females | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
In addition to the above, information was received of 18 other
cases by transfers from other areas.
There were two deaths during the year certified as being due to
tuberculosis and death accounted for 17 removals from the Register.
Sixteen other cases were removed as cured, 25 cases taken off the
register were transfers to other areas, and four cases were taken off
as "lost trace".
The following table shows the number of cases on the Tuberculosis
Register at the end of 1963, variations which have taken place during
the year, and the number of cases remaining on the Register on the
31st December, 1964.
35