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 Southwark, Borough of]
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TUBERCULOSIS Including inward transfers, there were only 4 more pulmonary cases than last year, and 12 less non-pulmonary.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary (all forms). | |
|---|---|---|
| Cases at end of 1956 | 1468 | 178 |
| New cases 1957 | 130 | 7 |
| Inward transfers 1957 | 92 | 2 |
| Less removals from Register | 146 | 9 |
| Cases at end of 1957 | 1544 | 178 |
Deaths were four less than in 1956—7 less pulmonary and 3 more non-pulmonary.
| Age Groups | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | Total | |
| Pulmonary: | ||||||||||||
| Primary M. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 86 | ||
| Notifica | ||||||||||||
| tions F. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 35 | ||||
| *New cases | ||||||||||||
| other than M. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| by formal | ||||||||||||
| notification F. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals 1957 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 48 | 39 | 14 | 130 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | ||||||||||||
| † Primary M. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Notifica | ||||||||||||
| tions F. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| †*New cases | ||||||||||||
| other than M. | ||||||||||||
| by formal | ||||||||||||
| notification F. | ||||||||||||
| Totals 1957 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
*Local and inward transferable Death Returns and posthumous
notifications.
†Include meninges and Central Nervous System. (Nil).