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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 1956
[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, 1956, to the 31st December, 1956.
| 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 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 47 | |||||||||||||||
| Respiratory, Females | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Non-Respiratory, Males | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-Respiratory, Females | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 cases in age Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Respiratory | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | Total | |||||||||||||||
| M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (A) | |||||||||||||||
| Death Returns from Local Registrars | Non-Respiratory | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | |||||||||||||
| M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | |||||||||||||||
| Respiratory | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | ||||||||||||||
| Death Returns from Registrar-General (Transferable deaths) | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (A) | ||||||||||||||
| Non - Respiratory | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||||||||||||||
| M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (C) | |||||||||||||||
| Respiratory | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (D) | |||||||||||||||
| Posthumous Notifications | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 5 (A) | ||||||||||||||
| Non-Respiratory | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — (B) | ||||||||||||||
| 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) | 5 | (B) — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (C) | — | (D) — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||