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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
London County Council 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Cancer.
There were 6,865 deaths from cancer in 1929 compared with 6,773 in 1928
and 6,774 in 1927. The death-rate per 1,000 was 1.55. There was an increase
of 30 in the male deaths and of 62 among females.
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis
It will be noticed that the death-rate is higher than in any of the four preceding years:—
| Period. | Males. | Deaths. Female*. | Total. | Males. | Death-rates. Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919-21 | 2,786 | 2,109 | 4,895 | 1.36 | 0.87 | 1.10 |
| 1922-24 | 2,685 | 1,917 | 4,602 | 1.27 | 0.78 | 1.01 |
| 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 |
| 1927 | 2,521 | 1,619 | 4,140 | 1.20 | 0.66 | 0.91 |
| 1928 | 2,356 | 1,629 | 3,985 | 1.14 | 0.68 | 0.89 |
| 1929 | 2,523 | 1,707 | 4,230 | 1.24 | 0.72 | 0.96 |
The following is an analysis of the notifications in London during 1929 (52 weeks).
| Form of tuberculosis notified. | Sex. | Notifications 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. | 6 | 17 | 77 | 61 | 349 | 527 | 829 | 759 | 760 | 438 | 135 | 3,958 | ||
| F. | 3 | 17 | 54 | 91 | 498 | 674 | 815 | 475 | 292 | 152 | 61 | 3,132 | |||
| Other tuberculosis | M. | 21 | 142 | 241 | 92 | 101 | 71 | 68 | 45 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 829 | ||
| F. | 21 | 113 | 153 | 71 | 104 | 102 | 107 | 47 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 778 | |||
| All forms of tuberculosis | M. | 27 | 159 | 318 | 153 | 450 | 598 | 897 | 804 | 788 | 448 | 145 | 4,787 | ||
| F. | 24 | 130 | 207 | 162 | (502 | 776 | 922 | 522 | 124 | 171 | 70 | 3,910 | |||
| Form of tuberculosis notified. | Sex. | Notifications on Form B. (Primary notifications of cases discovered through medical inspection in elementary schools.) | Notifications onFormC (Secondary notifications from institutions receiving cases.) | ||||||||||||
| 0- | 5- | 10 + | Total. | Poor Law. | Other. | ||||||||||
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | M. | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1,250 | 3,218 | ||||||||
| F. | – | 2 | – | 2 | 802 | 2,102 | |||||||||
| Other tuberculosis | M. | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 74 | 496 | ||||||||
| F. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 400 | |||||||||
| All forms of tuberculosis | M. | 4 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 1,324 | 3,714 | ||||||||
| F. | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 856 | 2,502 | |||||||||
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:—