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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

Hammersmith 1953

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

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Table: TUBERCULOSIS Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1953, to the 31st December, 1953

TUBERCULOSIS Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1953, to the 31st December, 1953

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-1284611191817209-115
Respiratory, Females--5-4-172481033283
Non-Respiratory, Males----221111---11
Non-Respiratory, Females--—1—4———1——6

Table: CASES NOTIFIED AND DEATHS—1953 and Previous Years

CASES NOTIFIED AND DEATHS—1953 and Previous Years

YearNo. of Cases notifiedNo. of DeathsNo. of Cases on Register of Notifications
PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal
1934184312151241,070
1935170312011191,059
1936156401961161,063
1937141331741061,068
19381553719287859
193916533198107889
194014324167118813
194116039199103828
194216931200104963
194317724201721,097
194419222214931,184
194520723230931,282
194618823211851,487
194718921210901,517
194816720187761,599
194919314207511,674
195016621187391,779
195119315208441,852
195218014194431,494
195319317215331,595

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Average number of cases notified for the 10 years 1934-1943
(inclusive)—194.
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years 1944-1953
(inclusive)—206.
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1934-1943
(inclusive)—106.
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1944-1953
(inclusive)—65.