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Paddington 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: TUBERCULOSIS.Notifications.—Two hundred and thirty three (246) new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 32 (23) of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified. The number of cases on the Notification Register at the end of the year was 1,211 against 1,213 at the end of 1950. The numbers of cases notified in previous years are shown in the following table:—

TUBERCULOSIS.

Notifications.—Two hundred and thirty three (246) new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 32 (23) of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified. The number of cases on the Notification Register at the end of the year was 1,211 against 1,213 at the end of 1950. The numbers of cases notified in previous years are shown in the following table:—

YearPopulationPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal CasesIncidence Rate (all forms) per 1,000 Pop.
1911142,541397No record397 pul.2.8
1921145,600244913352.3
1931140,300213873002.1
1939135,300189322211.6
194097,860168372052.1
194177,640184262102.7
194283,640195402352.8
194390,580229282572.8
194493,030233262592.8
194599,790224212452.5
1946117,670261242852.4
1947127,450273222952.3
1948128,100306233292.6
1949130,640305283332.5
1950130,600246232692.1
1951125,400233822652 .1

Table: Seventy (33) cases of tuberculosis came to the knowledge of the Department during the year otherwise than by formal notification. These are classified as follows:—

Seventy (33) cases of tuberculosis came to the knowledge of the Department during the year otherwise than by formal notification. These are classified as follows:—

Source of informationPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
MalesFemalesMalesFemales
Death Returns from Local Registrars6(6)3(3)l(-)l (-)
Death Returns from Registrar-General-(5)1(2)-(-)l(-)
Posthumous notifications2(2)1(-)-(-)-(-)
Transfers from other areas (excluding transferable deaths)29(11)19(4)3(-)3(—)
Totals37(24)24(9)4(-)5(—)

Table: The following table shows the age distribution of the 265 (269) new cases:—

The following table shows the age distribution of the 265 (269) new cases:—

0—1—2—5—10—15—20—25-35—45—55—65—75—Total All Ages
Pulmonary-Male1 (-)1 (2)4 (1)4 (5)1 (3)5 (8)12 (12)40 (38)29 (29)11 (21)14 (10)10 (5)1 (1)133 (135)
Pulmonary-Female-(-)2 (1)5 (6)3 (-)4 (—)5 (7)18 (32)35 (34)15 (21)8 (4)4 (3)1 (3)- (1)100 (111)
Non-Pulmonary-Male- (1)- (1)4 (1)4 (-)—(1)2 (-)2 (2)3 (1)—(-)3 (-)-(-)— (—)-(-)18 (7)
Non-Pulmonary-Female1 (-)- (-)2 (1)1 (-)1 (1)3 (-)1 (4)3 (4)1 (2)1 (2)-(1)-(-)- (1)14 (16)
Total2 (1)3 (4)15 (8)12 (5)6 (5)15 (15)33 (50)81 (77)45 (52)23 (27)18 (14)11 (8)1 (3)265 (269)