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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 1953
[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, 1953, to the 31st December, 1953.
| 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 | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | — | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Respiratory, Females | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Respiratory, Males | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Non-Respiratory, Females | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source of Information | Number of oases 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 | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | |||||||||||||||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| Death Returns from Registrar-General (Trans-ferable deaths) | Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (A) | ||||||||||||||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | |||||||||||||||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| Posthumous Notifications | Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 (A) | ||||||||||||||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Respiratory | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | |||||||||||||||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||||||||||||||||
| N.B. Where notification of one form of Tuberculosis is subsequently followed by a notification Totals (A) 3 (B) — of the other, only the first notification is taken into account for the purpose of this return. (C) — (D) — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||