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many of them have been found other accommodation on the London
County Council Housing Estates. The number of tuberculous people
who leave the Borough in this way probably tends to counteract the
immigration from other parts of London. If Local Authorities would
make greater provision in their housing schemes for the re-housing of
the tuberculous population, it would be a great step forward towards
the ultimate eradication of the disease. Persons who live in small,
dark, insanitary houses cannot be expected to adhere rigidly to those
rules of personal cleanliness and hygiene which are so essential in improving
their own health and preventing the spread of infection.
Age and Sex incidence of Tuberculosis.
The following table shows the number of notifications of cases of
pulmonary tuberculosis during the past decade. The number of
notified males and females between the ages of 15 and 34 is also
shown:—
Year.
Total Cases.
Between 15 and 34.
Males.
Females.
Males.
Females.
1938 32 44 10 28
1937 50 36 24 22
1936 36 35 16 25
1935 27 36 9 29
1934 38 35 17 24
1933 50 44 21 28
1932 35 46 16 33
1931 51 41 25 28
1930 25 43 15 23
1929 40 32 27 21
Totals 384 392 180 261
It is seen that 261, or 33 per cent. of the total of 776 cases, occurred
in females between the ages of 15 and 34 years. A comparison of the
two five-year periods, 1929-1933 and 1934-1938, shows that the notifications
amongst both males and females at all ages have fallen appreciably:—from
211 males and 216 females in the first quinquennium, to