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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Tuberculosis
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations 1952
The number of primary notifications of tuberculosis those which became
known by means of death reports and transfers from other districts are given in
the following tables.
Number of Primary Notifications
| Age periods | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Totals | |
| Pulmonary- | ||||||||||||
| Males | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 123 |
| Females | - | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 3 | * | 53 |
| Non-pulmonary- | ||||||||||||
| Males | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Females | ~ | 1 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | " | " | - | 11 |
| Totals | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 66 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 191 |
Number obtained from Special Death Reports and by Transfer from other districts
| Age periods | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Totals | |
| Pulmonary- | ||||||||||||
| Males | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 52 |
| Females | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 26 |
| Non-pulmonary- | ||||||||||||
| Males | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Females | .- | " | ** | " | 1 | " | " | 1 | * | 2 | ||
| Totals | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 9 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 83* |
* 9 of these cases came to knowledge by means of special death reports, and 74 by
transfer from other districts.
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