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London County Council 1946

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

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Table: Table 16—New cases of tuberculosis in London found by other means than notification

Table 16—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.318211031113213135888170783
F.2141394212725684373221637
Other forms of tuberculosisM.1161210101014474492
F.51512121421188256118
All forms of tuberculosisM.434332041123227139958574875
F.72925215614827492393727755

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

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

Source of informationNumber of cases
PulmonaryNon-pulmonary
Death returnsfrom local registrars14235
transferable deaths from Registrar-General12939
Posthumous notifications6418
"Transfers" from other areas1,036116
Other sources492

Table: Table 17—Numbers on the tuberculosis registers, for the whole county, 1941-1946

Table 17—Numbers on the tuberculosis registers, for the whole county, 1941-1946

194119421943194419451946
Cases on the register at the end of the year—
Pulmonary—
Males12,67712,89413,60814,34015,01815,695
Females9,1199,44110,23210,99011,49612,262
Other forms—
Males2,9162,7852,8472,8662,8132,821
Females3,0442,9633,0743,1853,1233,099
Total27,75628,08329,76131,38132,45033,877
No. per 1,000 of population11.911.711.912.712.510.9

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GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Housing
In view of the present concentration on building new houses and repairing old
properties, it was not to be expected that there would yet be any considerable revival
of activity on the Council's pre-war clearance schemes. The Director of Housing
requested, however, information concerning two areas which were being considered
for development and in which " clearance " powers might be applicable. Surveys
were undertaken and full particulars of the sanitary conditions of the properties
within the areas were supplied. It is anticipated that similar surveys of other areas
will be required in the near future, and, in the meantime, steps are being taken, as
far as possible, to bring up to date earlier surveys of areas which still remain in the
programme of clearance operations drawn up by the Council before the war.