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London County Council 1948

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

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Table: Table 13(b)— New cases of tuberculosis in London found by other means thannotification,1948

Table 13(b)— New cases of tuberculosis in London found by other means than

notification,1948

Form of tuberculosisSexNew cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification
0-1-6-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65 +Total
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.211197291092641461188176862
F.6181784417620887372530656
Other forms of tuberculosisM.418978118865185
F.1934131022847485
All forms of tuberculosisM.6292814371202721541248677947
F.72720125718623095413234741

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 registrars17131
transferable deaths from Registrar-General18726
Posthumous notifications3410
"Transfers" from other areas1,08798
Other sources395

Table: Table 13 (c)—Numbers on the registers, for the whole county, 1941-1948

Table 13 (c)—Numbers on the registers, for the whole county, 1941-1948

Cases on the register at the end of the year—19411942194319441945194619471948
Pulmonary— Males12,67712,89413,60814,34015,01815,69516,37417,224
Females9,1199,44110,23210,99011,49612,26212,86213,549
Other forma— Males2,9162,7852,8472,8662,8132,8212,6992,889
Females3,0442,9633,0743,1853,1233,0993,1423,147
Total27,75628,08329,76131,38132,45033,87735,07736,809
No. per 1,000 of population11.911.711.912.712.510.910.611.0