Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The ward distribution of the cases notified during 1946 is as follows:—
Ward | Pulmonary | N on-pulmonary | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
Queens Park | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
Harrow Road | 19 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 42 |
Maida Vale | 39 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 64 |
Westbourne | 29 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 52 |
Church | 13 | 13 | — | 1 | 27 |
Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 8 |
Lancaster Gate, W. | 14 | 9 | — | — | 23 |
Lancaster Gate, E. | 9 | 10 | — | 1 | 20 |
Hyde Park | 16 | 8 | — | 2 | 26 |
Borough | 155 | 106 | 10 | 14 | 285 |
The numbers of deaths, and the death rates for each year from 1939 are set out in the following table:—
Year | No. of Deaths From | Total | Death-Rate Per 1,000 Pop. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | N on-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Deaths | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | All Forms of Tuberculosis | |
1939 | 83 | 12 | 95 | 0.66 | 0.75 |
1940 | 72 | 14 | 86 | 0.73 | 0.88 |
1941 | 85 | 12 | 97 | 1.09 | 1.25 |
1942 | 70 | 17 | 87 | 0.83 | 1.04 |
1943 | 74 | 5 | 79 | 0.82 | 0.87 |
1944 | 76 | 8 | 84 | 0.82 | 0.90 |
1945 | 59 | 9 | 68 | 0.59 | 0.68 |
1946 | 95 | 5 | 100 | 0.80 | 0.85 |
The following table shows the age distribution of the 285 cases:—
0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total All ages | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary-Male | — | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 35 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 155 |
Pulmonary-Female | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 7 | — | 106 |
Non-Pulmonary-Male | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 10 |
Non-Pulmonary-Female | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 14 |
Total | — | 8 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 85 | 48 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 285 |