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The localisation of disease and source of notification, as stated on the weekly
return of notifications of tuberculosis received from the metropolitan borough medical
officers of health during the year 1937, are shown in the principal age groups in the
following table:—
Table: Table 32—County of London—Age distribution of primary notifications of tuberculosis accordin to localisation of disease, 1937 (52 weeks)
Table 32—County of London—Age distribution of primary notifications of tuberculosis accordin to localisation of disease, 1937 (52 weeks)
Age group
Respiratory system
Spine
Hip
Knee
Other limbs, bones and joints
Abdominal
Peripheral glands
Other sites
Total
Lungs
Other
0- 1 year
6
2
-
-
-
2
-
1
8
19
1- 5 years
64
6
10
8
7
9
7
40
44
195
6-10 „
83
15
13
10
11
13
10
62
23
240
10-15 „
108
7
10
8
3
11
24
44
26
241
15-20 „
543
33
13
10
7
11
20
29
34
700
20-25 „
937
21
27
3
5
8
19
38
30
1,088
25-35 „
1,388
12
25
2
15
15
24
28
51
1,560
35-45 „
766
7
10
9
2
6
11
13
25
849
45-55 „
711
7
10
4
3
5
6
5
18
769
55-65 „
513
5
6
1
—
8
4
1
12
550
65 + „
227
1
3
1
—
10
2
5
5
254
Age not stated
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
All ages
5,354
116
127
56
53
98
127
266
276
6,473
Table: Table 33—County of London—Age distribution of primary notifications of tuberculosis according to source of notification, 1937 (52 weeks)Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, 1937 (52 weeks)
Table 33—County of London—Age distribution of primary notifications of tuberculosis according to source of notification, 1937 (52 weeks)Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, 1937 (52 weeks)
Age group
Dispensary
Hospital
Private
l.c.o. hospitals and institutions
Total
0- 1 year
2
3
3
8
1-5 years
9
45
2
14
70
5-10 „
18
61
5
14
98
10-15 „
25
56
14
20
115
15-20 „
151
145
165
115
576
20-25 „
274
255
278
151
958
25-35 „
394
412
371
223
1,400
35-45 „
191
208
220
154
773
45-55 „
163
155
225
175
718
55-65 „
77
113
130
198
518
65 + „
34
27
63
104
228
Age not stated
1
2
4
1
8
All ages ...
1,339
1,482
1,477
1,172
5,470
Table: Other forms of tuberculosis, 1937 (52 weeks)
