London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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London County Council 1948

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

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Table 12— Primary notifications (a) of and deaths from tuberculosis in the Administrative County of London

YearPulmonary tuberculosisNon-pulmonary tuberculosis
Formal primary notificationsDeathsFormal primary notificationsDeaths
No.Annual rate per 1,000 livingNo.Annual rate per 1,000 livingNo.Annual rate per 1,000 livingNo.Annual rate per 1,000 living
1913(b) 19,2184.255,8631.30(b) 6,4361.421,6110.36
1914(b) 16,4673.646,3311.40(b) 3,8620.851,6660.37
1915(b) 14,7123.266,7151.49(b) 3,9490.881,8410.41
1916(b) 13,5473.016,3641.41(b) 4,0840.911,6410.36
1917(b) 14,8703.316,7681.51(b) 3,8640.861,7150.38
1918(b) 15,6703.506,9201.55(b) 3,5170.791,5260.34
1919(b) 12,3562.765,1971.16(b) 3,2310.721,1270.25
19209,2022 064,6751.042,4610.551,0700.24
1921.2538,8071.7122,9801.0110,8810.484,3830.19
1926.3034,3531.5320,2470.908,9710.403,0800.14
1931.3529,5691.3817,0750.796,3220.292,3540.11
19365,1761.252,8490.691,0560.263630.09
19375,4551.332,8880.711,0140.253510.09
19385,2001.282,5900.649820.243470.09
19394,6911.242,650 (c)0.708050.21302 (c)0.08
19404,3261.342,687 (c)0.876530.20318 (c)0.10
19414,5771.832,552 (c)1.106750.27343 (c)0.15
19424,7341.802,164 (c)0.907960.30283 (c)0.12
19435,0661.822,204 (c)0.887820.28256 (c)0.10
19445,0561.842,073 (c)0.846730.24237 (c)0.10
19454,8931.682,033 (c)0.786140.21224 (c)0.09
19465,1371.571,940 (c)0.626110.19243 (c)0.08
19475,4211.582,044 (c)0.626620.19252 (c)0.08
19485,4731.611,900 (c)0.576000.18202 (c)0.06

(a) Excluding posthumous cases. (b) Not checked for duplicates.
(c) Excluding non–civilians from 3 Sept., 1939. Rates based on civil population.

Table 13(a)— Tuberculosis—Primary notifications in London during the year 1948

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNumber of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosisTotal all ages
0–1–5–10–15–20–25–35–45–65–65+
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.2412588702444037434834223511843,137
F.12112997236355063624810686522,336
Other forms of tuberculosisM.7485037273829228912287
F.73136334940572513148313
All forms of tuberculosisM.311731381072714417725054303601963,424
F.19143135105412590693273119100602,649