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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 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1952

PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1952

Age PeriodsFormal 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——1124214778—147
Respiratory, Females———22261012522—43
Non—Respiratory, Males1—12——1—1—1——7
Non—Respiratory, Females———1—221——6

Table: 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 coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above—mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

Source of InformationNumber of cases in age Groups
0—1—2—5—10—15—20—25—35—45—55—65—75—Total
Death Returns from Local RegistrarsRespiratory 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 NotificationsRespiratory M—————————111—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 of the other, only the first notification is taken into account for the purpose of this return.Totals (A' (C)3(B) — (D) —