London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lewisham 1949

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

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

59
The sources from which information of the cases in table 42 was
obtained were as follows:—

Table: Table 43

Table 43

Source of informationPulmonaryNon-pulmonary
Death returns — from local registrars--
Death returns — from Registrar General--
Posthumous notifications21
Transfers from other areas (other than transferable deaths)1475
Other sources--
Totals1496

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Quarterly revision of tuberculosis register:—

Table: Table 44

Table 44

PulmonaryNon-pulmonary
MFMF
Number of cases on register at December 31, 19481,310973240307
Number of cases added during the year2692131925
Number of cases deducted during the year (deaths, transfers, etc.)1901552326
Number of cases on register at December 31, 19491,3891,031236306

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Summary of Statistics as to Tuberculosis for the last ten years

Table: Table 45

Table 45

YearPopulationNo. of new cases notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)Notif. rate per thousand pop.DeathsDeath rate from pulmonary tuberculosis per thousand population
All formsRespiratory
1940192,5402621.361491290.67
1941148,1503152.131561370.92
1942161,8003542.201311180.73
1943168,5304032.401501280.76
1944163,3203902.391461290.79
1945171,2803712.171381220.71
1946207,4104372.111261100.53
1947221,1704261.931341210.55
1948226,1005022.221191090.48
1949227,7003711.63107920.40

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Note:—The 1949 death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis for the County
of London was 0.52.