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being 0.15 per thousand of the population. The deaths and death-rate from
tuberculosis of the respiratory system by sexes in recent years have been as
follows:—
Year.
Deaths.
Death-rates.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Total.
1919 2,945 2,252 5,197 1.47 0.94 1.18
1920 2,675 2,000 4,675 1.29 0.82 1.04
1921 2,737 2,076 4,813 1.32 0.85 1.07
1922 2,841 2,047 4,888 1.35 0.84 1.08
1923 2,586 1,846 4,432 1.23 0.75 0.97
1924 2,629 1,857 4,486 1.24 0.75 0.98
1925 2,571 1,790 4,361 1.21 0.72 0.95
1926 2,474 1,592 4,066 1.16 0.64 0.88
The number of notifications of tuberculosis received in London boroughs during
1926 (52 weeks), after correction of the figures within each Metropolitan borough
by the exclusion of cases notified as primary but subsequently found to have
been previously notified, was 9,188 as compared with 9,661 in 1925 (52 weeks).
The cases of pulmonary tuberculosis numbered 7,093 and other cases 2,095, the
corresponding figures for last year being 7,554 and 2,107. The following is an
analysis of the notifications in London during 1926 (52 weeks).
Notification
of tuberculosis.
Form of tuberculosis
notified.
Sex.
Notihcations on Form A.
(Total of primary notifications received in London boroughs, other
than elementary school cases, infra.)
0- 1-5-10- 15-20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65+ Total.
Pulmonary tuberculosis M. 9 42 106 92 305 480 884 824 785 |400 126 4,053
F. 4 25 80 113 421 554 824 473 318 144 65 3,031
Other tuberculosis M. 36 222 292 145 120 79 80 53 35 17 12 1,091
F. 22 162 216 128 107 100 110 51 29 25 10 960
All forms of tuberculosis M. 45 264 398 237 425 559 964 877 820 417 138 5,144
F. 26 187 296 241 528 654 934 524 347 169 75 3,991
Form of tuberculosis
notified.
Sex.
Notifications on Form B.
(Primary notifications of cases discovered through
medical inspection in elementary schools.)
Notifications on Form C
(Secondary notifications
from institutions
receiving cases.)
0- 5- 10+ Total. Poor Law. Other.
Pulmonary tuberculosis M. 1 3 1 5 1.058 3,621
F. — 1 3 4 678 1,856
Other tuberculosis M. - 11 8 19 121 581
F. 3 10 12 25 89 501
All forms of tuberculosis M. 1 14 9 24 1,179 4,202
F. 3 11 15 29 767 2,357
In addition to the primary cases notified on forms A and B shown in the above
tables, a number of cases came to the knowledge of Medical Officers of Health otherwise
than by notification. These figures include cases not notified before death:—
Form of tuberculosis
notified.
Sex.
New cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by
notification on forms A and B.
0- 1- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65 + Total.
Pulmonary tuberculosis M. 4 9 8 7 17 28 86 77 75 57 31 399
F. 5 6 6 6 17 36 69 48 31 23 13 260
Other tuberculosis M. 19 42 34 16 9 5 12 6 7 6 5 161
F. 13 52 25 13 14 12 13 10 6 11 6 175
All forms of tuberculosis M. 23 51 42 23 26 33 98 83 82 63 36 560
F. 18 58 31 19 31 48 82 58 37 34 19 435