London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finsbury 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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48
Smallpox.
No cases occurred in Borough. A few contacts arriving here
of cases which originated abroad were supervised during the period
of possible incubation.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.
No cases occurred.
Whooping Cough.
Seventy-eight cases came to the knowledge of the department.
The cases were, in the main, mild.
Tuberculosis.
The total number of new cases entered into the register during
the year was 99.
The distribution by sex and age, and according as to whether the case was of Pulmonary or Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis, was:—
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65 + | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males Pulmonary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 45 |
| Females Pulmonary | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| Males Non-pulmonary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Females Non-pulmonary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 99 |
Meningitis has been classified as Pulmonary. The Non Pulmonary
cases include 2 cases of spinal disease (M4F26), 1 Sacroiliac
(F17), 1 Hip (M8), 2 Peritonitis (M15F25), 1 Salpingitis (F23),
and 1 Glands (F22).
The numbers are slightly higher than last year (when there
were 89 notifications), and are equivalent to a notification rate of
27·5 per 10,000. Too much significance must not, however, be
attached to this figure as it varies from year to year according to the
clinical standards accepted for diagnosis. The average figure in
Finsbury from 1931 to 1938 was 18·5, and in London for 1948 was
17·9. The distribution as show in the table is very similar to that
in recent years.