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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
Greenwich 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1952 Part I.—Summary of notifications of Tuberculosis during the period from the 1st January, 1952, to the 31st December, 1952.
| Age Periods | Formal Notifications Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | Total (all ages) | |
| Respiratory, Males | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 52 |
| Respiratory, Females | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 45 |
| Non-Respiratory, Males | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 9 |
| Non-Respiratory, Females | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
Part II.—New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned
period, otherwise than by formal notification.
Part II- new cases of Tuberculosis to the knowledge of the Medical of health during the above-mentioned period,otherwise then by formal notification.
| Source or Information | Number of cases in age Groups | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | Total | |||||
| Death Returns from Local Registrars | Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (B) | ||
| Non-Respiratory | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (D) | ||
| Death Returns from Registrar-General (Transferable deaths) | Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | (B) | ||
| Non-Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (D) | ||
| Posthumous Notifications | Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (B) | ||
| Non-Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | (D) | ||
| " Transfers " from other Areas (excluding transferable deaths) | Respiratory | M | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 16 | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | 30 | (A) |
| F | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | (B) | ||
| Non-Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | (D) | ||
| Other Sources | Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | (A) |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | (B) | ||
| Non- Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (C) | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (D) | ||
N.B. Where notification of one form of Tuberculosis is subsequently followed by a notification
of the other, only the first notification is taken into account for the purpose of this return.
Totals (A) 34 (B) 23
(C) — (D) 2