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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Table 14.—
(i) Pulmonary
Age Group | 1938 | 1939 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | ||||||
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No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | ||
04 | 105 | 0.42 | 76 | 0.35 | 199 | 0.94 | 223 | 1.04 | 282 | 1.01 | |
514 | 228 | 161 | 349 | 384 | 351 | ||||||
1524 | 1,484 | 1.52 | 1,353 | 1.46 | 1,482 | 1.76 | 1,545 | 1.75 | 1,551 | 1.82 | |
2564 | 3,262 | 2,917 | 2,982 | 3,111 | 3,149 | ||||||
65 + | 224 | 236 | 244 | 262 | 290 | ||||||
Not stated | 2 | 24 | 30 | 49 | 41 | ||||||
Total | 5,305 | 1.31 | 4,767 | 1.26 | 5,286 | 1.62 | 5,574 | 1.63 | 5,664 | 1.67 | |
Ratio to 1938 per cent. | 100 | 96 | 124 | 124 | 127 |
(ii) Non — Pulmonary
Age Group | 1938 | 1939 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | |
04 | 142 | 0.50 | 112 | 0.47 | 99 | 0.49 | 121 | 0.46 | 99 | 0.41 |
514 | 253 | 200 | 187 | 147 | 156 | |||||
1524 | 272 | 0.20 | 217 | 0.18 | 142 | 0.13 | 137 | 0.14 | 154 | 0.13 |
2564 | 346 | 302 | 201 | 241 | 181 | |||||
65 + | 40 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 20 | |||||
Not known | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | |||||
Total | 1,053 | 0.26 | 859 | 0.23 | 647 | 0.20 | 670 | 0.20 | 610 | 0.18 |
Ratio to 1938 per cent. | 100 | 88 | 77 | 77 | 69 |
(a) Including posthumous notifications and new cases reported otherwise than by primary notification
but excluding transfers of cases already notified.