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 London County Council]
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Form of tuberculosis notified | Sex | Number of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosis | Total all ages | Total notifications | ||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 26- | 35- | 46- | 65- | 65+ | ||||
Pulmonary tuberculosis | M. | 9 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 272 | 368 | 576 | 441 | 425 | 343 | 178 | 2,818 | 3,238 |
F. | 3 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 305 | 526 | 546 | 240 | 116 | 97 | 51 | 2,075 | 2,450 | |
Other forms of tuberculosis | M. | 4 | 37 | 51 | 42 | 46 | 19 | 48 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 305 | 363 |
F. | 3 | 29 | 48 | 31 | 41 | 49 | 48 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 309 | 350 | |
All forms of tuberculosis | M. | 13 | 107 | 120 | 109 | 318 | 387 | 624 | 476 | 438 | 349 | 182 | 3,123 | 3,601 |
F. | 6 | 95 | 114 | 90 | 346 | 575 | 594 | 270 | 131 | 101 | 62 | 2,384 | 2,800 |
Form of tuberculosis | Sex | New cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification | |||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65 + | Total | ||
Pulmonary tuberculosis | M. | 1 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 114 | 180 | 117 | 93 | 83 | 58 | 715 |
F. | - | 7 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 122 | 170 | 73 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 505 | |
Other forms of tuberculosis | M. | 2 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 104 |
F. | 2 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 98 | |
All forms of tuberculosis | M. | 3 | 20 | 26 | 33 | 41 | 120 | 203 | 123 | 103 | 85 | 62 | 819 |
F. | 2 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 57 | 144 | 178 | 81 | 37 | 20 | 15 | 603 |
The sources of information as to the unnotified cases shown above were as follows:—
Source of information | Number of cases | ||
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Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||
Death returns | from local registrars | 99 | 22 |
transferable deaths from Registrar-General | 132 | 32 | |
Posthumous notifications | 51 | 23 | |
" Transfers " from other areas | 878 | 118 | |
Other sources | 60 | 7 |
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
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Cases on the register at the end of the year— | ||||||
Pulmonary— | ||||||
Males | 12,908 | 12,677 | 12,894 | 13,608 | 14,340 | 15,018 |
9,448 | 9,119 | 9,441 | 10,232 | 10,990 | 11,496 | |
Other forms— | ||||||
Males | 3,263 | 2,916 | 2,785 | 2,847 | 2,866 | 2,813 |
Females | 3,263 | 3,044 | 2,963 | 3,074 | 3,185 | 3,123 |
Total | 28,882 | 27,756 | 28,083 | 29,761 | 31,381 | 32,450 |
No. per 1,000 of population | 9.4 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 12.5 |