London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Islington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years
Table 45
| Year | Population | New cases notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers) | Notif. rate per thousand pop. | Deaths | Death rate from resp. tuberculosis per thousand pop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All forms | Respiratory | Lewisham | County of London | ||||
| 1949 | 227,700 | 371 | 1.63 | 107 | 92 | 0.40 | 0.47 |
| 1950 | 228,300 | 406 | 1.78 | 72 | 66 | 0.29 | 0.36 |
| 1951 | 227,200 | 299 | 1.32 | 68 | 60 | 0.26 | 0.34 |
| 1952 | 227,100 | 307 | 1.35 | 42 | 35 | 0.15 | 0.28 |
| 1953 | 225,800 | 341 | 1.51 | 48 | 44 | 0.19 | 0.21 |
| 1954 | 224,200 | 256 | 1.14 | 38 | 36 | 0.16 | 0.18 |
| 1955 | 223,400 | 271 | 1.21 | 26 | 22 | 0.10 | 0.16 |
| 1956 | 222,100 | 212 | 0.95 | 29 | 29 | 013 | 0.13 |
| 1957 | 220,900 | 247 | 1.12 | 33 | 31 | 0.14 | 012 |
| 1958 | 221,000 | 236 | 1.07 | 19 | 18 | 00.8 | 0.12 |
The accompanying chart shows, on the log scale, the rates per
100,000 for notifications and deaths (all forms) for England and Wales
and for Lewisham, and respiratory tuberculosis for London and for
Lewisham, since 1942.
TUBERCULOSIS - log scales