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Southwark 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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TUBERCULOSIS
There were only four more total Tuberculosis notifications
than in 1952, although there were slightly more pulmonary,
and fewer non-pulmonary cases.

Table: The deaths from Tuberculosis were only fifty per cent, of the 1952 figure.

The deaths from Tuberculosis were only fifty per cent, of the 1952 figure.

Age Groups
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-Total
Pulmonary
Primary NotificationsM.14126614171913790
F.-5611014141141167
New cases other than by formal notificationM.-11--6114135344
F.--1-6129511338
Totals 19531109322384837372014239
1952-115522316429331514229
Non-Pulmonary
Primary NotificationsM.-1---11----3
F.----122----5
New cases other than by formal notificationM.----1------1
F.-----11----2
Totals 1953-1--244----11
1952-14322434-225

Table:

PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
Cases on Register, end of 19521,266203
Notified cases, 1953 (including transfers, posthumous and primary notifications)23911
Cases removed from Register during 195314812
Cases remaining at end of 19531,357202