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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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graphy service at Islington during 1963, tends to confirm this opinion, as the
non-British born contingent formed about 25% of those examined but yielded
approximately 46% of active tuberculosis. The highest incidence rate was amongst
Indians and Pakistanis. Whatever the main reservoir ot infection there is little
doubt that adolescence is the danger period for contracting the disease. Despite
this there are still many children who do not receive B.C.G. vaccination.
Summary of Notifications during the period from 1st January, 1964, to the 31st December, 1964
| 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 — | — | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | — | 47 |
| Respiratory, Females | 1 | — | 2 — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | — | 2 | — | 29 |
| Non-Respiratory, Males | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Non-Respiratory, Females | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
CASES NOTIFIED AND DEATHS—PAST TWENTY YEARS
| Year | No. of Cases notified | No. of Deaths | No. of Cases on Register of Notifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
| 1945 | 207 | 23 | 230 | 93 | 1,282 |
| 1946 | 188 | 23 | 211 | 85 | 1,487 |
| 1947 | 189 | 21 | 210 | 90 | 1,517 |
| 1948 | 167 | 20 | 187 | 76 | 1,599 |
| 1949 | 193 | 14 | 207 | 51 | 1,674 |
| 1950 | 166 | 21 | 187 | 39 | 1,779 |
| 1951 | 193 | 15 | 208 | 44 | 1,852 |
| 1952 | 180 | 14 | 194 | 43 | 1,494 |
| 1953 | 198 | 17 | 215 | 33 | 1,595 |
| 1954 | 167 | 13 | 180 | 21 | 1,495 |
| 1955 | 135 | 15 | 150 | 16 | 1,510 |
| 1956 | 156 | 9 | 165 | 17 | 1,536 |
| 1957 | 126 | 16 | 142 | 9 | 1,517 |
| 1958 | 123 | 5 | 128 | 15 | 1,537 |
| 1959 | 135 | 8 | 143 | 8 | 1,581 |
| 1960 | 98 | 13 | 111 | 7 | 1,528 |
| 1961 | 87 | 15 | 102 | 5 | 1,456 |
| 1962 | 67 | 11 | 78 | 9 | 1,429 |
| 1963 | 59 | 14 | 73 | 10 | 1,379 |
| 1964 | 76 | 8 | 84 | 5 | 1,373 |
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years 1945/1954 (inclusive)—202.9
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years 1955/1964 (inclusive)—117.6
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1945/1954 (inclusive)—57.5.
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1955/1964 (inclusive)—10.1.