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London County Council 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table 11—Tuberculosis—Primary notifications in London during the year 1945

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNumber of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosisTotal all agesTotal notifications
0-1-5-10-15-20-26-35-46-65-65+
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.97069672723685764414253431782,8183,238
F.366665930552654624011697512,0752,450
Other forms of tuberculosisM.4375142461948351364305363
F.32948314149483015411309350
All forms of tuberculosisM.131071201093183876244764383491823,1233,601
F.69511490346575594270131101622,3842,800

Table 12—New cases of tuberculosis in London found by other means than notification

Form of tuberculosisSexNew cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65 +Total
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.19131730114180117938358715
F.-712134812217073321513505
Other forms of tuberculosisM.21113161162361024104
F.2812179228855298
All forms of tuberculosisM.3202633411202031231038562819
F.21524305714417881372015603

The sources of information as to the unnotified cases shown above were as follows:—

Source of informationNumber of cases
PulmonaryNon-pulmonary
Death returnsfrom local registrars9922
transferable deaths from Registrar-General13232
Posthumous notifications5123
" Transfers " from other areas878118
Other sources607

Table 13—Numbers on the registers, for the whole county, 1940-1945

194019411942194319441945
Cases on the register at the end of the year—
Pulmonary—
Males12,90812,67712,89413,60814,34015,018
9,4489,1199,44110,23210,99011,496
Other forms—
Males3,2632,9162,7852,8472,8662,813
Females3,2633,0442,9633,0743,1853,123
Total28,88227,75628,08329,76131,38132,450
No. per 1,000 of population9.411.911.711.912.712.5