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Paddington 1952

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

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9
TUBERCULOSIS.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952.—These Regulations came into force on the 1st May, 1952 and revoke
the 1930 Regulations. They continued to make cases of tuberculosis notifiable but the other powers and duties formerly
given to sanitary authorities were not replaced as they " had become outdated and at variance with the present structure
and operation of the tuberculosis services."
Notifications.—

Table: The numbers of cases notified are shown in the following table :—

The numbers of cases notified 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
1939135,300189322211.0
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
1951125,400233322652.1
1952124.800241262672 .1

Table: The following cases came to the knowledge of the Department during the year otherwise than by notification.

The following cases came to the knowledge of the Department during the year otherwise than by notification.

Source of informationPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
MalesFemalesMalesFemales
Death Returns from Local Registrars4(6)—(3)1(1)—(1)
Death Returns from Registrar-General4(-)1(1)-(-)—(1)
Posthumous notifications2(2)—(1)-(-)-(-)
Transfers from other areas (excluding transferable deaths)8(29)5(19)(3)—(3)
Totals18(37)6(24)1(4)—(5)

Table: The following table shows the age distribution of the notified cases.

The following table shows the age distribution of the notified cases.

0—1—2-5—10—15—20—25—35—45—55—65—75—Total All Ages
Pulmonary-Male- (1)3 (1)1 (4)2 (4)2 (1)3 (5)17 (12)44 (40)37 (29)11 (11)7 (14)4 (10)3 (1)134 (133)
Pulmonary-Female1 (-)- (2)7 (5)1 (3)3 (4)10 (5)19 (18)32 (35) 20 (15)6 (8)7 (4)- (1)1 (-)107 (100)
Non-Pulmonary-Male-(-)— (—)1 (4)4 (4)2 (-)- (2)1 (2)2 (3)1 (-)- (3)1 (-)-(-)-(-)12 (18)
Non-Pulmonary-Female- (1)-(-) -(2)1 (1)1 (1)1 (3)3 (1)2 (3)2 (1)3 (1)-(-)-(-)1 (-)14 (14)
Total1 (2)3 (3)9 (15)8 (12)8 (6)14 (15)40 (33)80 (81)60 (45)20 (23)15 (18)4(11)5 (1)267 ('265)