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 15—
Age group | Year | Bones and Joints | Abdomen | Site of tuberculous lesion | Other sites (a) | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peripheral glands | Meninges | ||||||
1. Under 15 years of age. | 1938 | 99 (0.126) | 43 (0.055) | 123 (0.156) | 89 (0.113) | 41 (0.052) | 395 (0.501) |
1939 | 95 (0.142) | 23 (0.034) | 113 (0.169) | 55 (0.082) | 26 (0.039) | 312 (0.466) | |
1946 | 60 (0.103) | 25 (0.043) | 120 (0.207) | 44 (0.076) | 37 (0.064) | 286 (0.493) | |
1947 | 50 (0.085) | 26 (0.044) | 105 (0.179) | 63 (0.108) | 24 (0.041) | 268 (0.457) | |
1948 | 54 (0.086) | 17 (0.027) | 97 (0.154) | 50 (0.079) | 37 (0.059) | 255 (0.405) | |
Rates expressed per cent. of 1938. | 1938 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1939 | 113 | 62 | 108 | 73 | 75 | 93 | |
1946 | 82 | 78 | 133 | 67 | 123 | 98 | |
1947 | 68 | 80 | 115 | 96 | 79 | 91 | |
1948 | 68 | 49 | 99 | 70 | 113 | 81 | |
2. Over 15 years of age. | 1938 | 190 (0.058) | 84 (0.026) | 141 (0.043) | 45 (0.014) | 198 (0.060) | 658 (0.201) |
1939 | 175 (0.056) | 52 (0.017) | 136 (0.044) | 40 (0.013) | 144 (0.046) | 547 (0.176) | |
1946 | 109 (0.040) | 38 (0.014) | 87 (0.032) | 20 (0.007) | 107 (0.040) | 361 (0.134) | |
1947 | 114 (0.040) | 55 (0.019) | 94 (0.033) | 15 (0.005) | 124 (0.044) | 402 (0.141) | |
1948 | 111 (0.040) | 36 (0.013) | 82 (0.030) | 22 (0.008) | 104 (0.037) | 355 (0.128) | |
Rates expressed per cent. of 1938. | 1938 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1939 | 97 | 65 | 102 | 93 | 77 | 88 | |
1946 | 70 | 54 | 74 | 50 | 67 | 67 | |
1947 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 36 | 73 | 71 | |
1948 | 70 | 50 | 70 | 57 | 62 | 64 |
(a) Includes miliary and genitourinary.
Table 16—
(i) Pulmonary
Year | 0—14 | 15—24 | 25—64 | 65 + | Age Group Total (a) | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | F | M/F | M | F | M/F | M | F | M/F | M | F | M/F | M | F | M/F | |
1938 | 173 | 160 | 1.08 | 661 | 823 | 0.80 | 2,133 | 1,129 | 1.89 | 152 | 72 | 2.11 | 3,121 | 2,184 | 1.43 |
1939 | 111 | 126 | 0.88 | 654 | 699 | 0.94 | 1,913 | 1,004 | 1 .91 | 170 | 66 | 2.58 | 2,868 | 1,899 | 1 .51 |
1940 | 70 | 93 | 0.75 | 573 | 669 | 0.86 | 1,835 | 898 | 2.04 | 152 | 50 | 3.04 | 2,638 | 1,720 | 1.53 |
1941 | 164 | 138 | 1.19 | 621 | 722 | 0.86 | 2,001 | 880 | 2.27 | 188 | 64 | 2.94 | 2,987 | 1,815 | 1.65 |
1942 | 173 | 151 | 1.15 | 664 | 813 | 0.82 | 1,914 | 966 | 1.98 | 173 | 54 | 3.20 | 2,941 | 1,994 | 1.47 |
1943 | 214 | 179 | 1.20 | 625 | 713 | 0.88 | 2,005 | 1,304 | 1.54 | 173 | 62 | 2.79 | 3,035 | 2,279 | 1.33 |
1944 | 223 | 178 | 1.25 | 701 | 840 | 0.83 | 1,809 | 1,027 | 1.76 | 319 | 62 | 5.15 | 3,081 | 2,120 | 1.45 |
1945 | 216 | 199 | 1.09 | 650 | 822 | 0.79 | 1,853 | 1,025 | 1 .81 | 209 | 58 | 3.60 | 2,950 | 2,116 | 1.39 |
1946 | 287 | 261 | 1.10 | 651 | 831 | 0.78 | 1,884 | 1,098 | 1.72 | 180 | 64 | 2.81 | 3,023 | 2,263 | 1.34 |
1947 | 319 | 288 | 1.11 | 662 | 883 | 0.75 | 1,956 | 1,155 | 1.69 | 206 | 56 | 3.68 | 3,175 | 2,399 | 1.32 |
1948 | 324 | 309 | 1.05 | 638 | 913 | 0.70 | 2,052 | 1,097 | 1.87 | 221 | 69 | 3.20 | 3,260 | 2,404 | 1.36 |
(ii) Non-pulmonary | |||||||||||||||
1938 | 223 | 172 | 1.30 | 144 | 128 | 1.13 | 154 | 192 | 0.80 | 12 | 28 | 0.43 | 533 | 520 | 1.03 |
1939 | 165 | 147 | 1.12 | 107 | 110 | 0.97 | 142 | 160 | 0.89 | 14 | 12 | 1.17 | 428 | 431 | 0.99 |
1940 | 117 | 125 | 0.94 | 80 | 94 | 0.85 | 142 | 120 | 1.18 | 10 | 14 | 0.71 | 353 | 353 | 1.00 |
1941 | 141 | 136 | 1.04 | 87 | 111 | 0.78 | 116 | 113 | l .03 | 14 | 26 | 0.54 | 360 | 388 | 0.93 |
1942 | 176 | 149 | 1.18 | 104 | 116 | 0.90 | 120 | 152 | 0.79 | 12 | 20 | 0.60 | 413 | 443 | 0.93 |
1943 | 161 | 146 | 1.10 | 96 | 105 | 0.91 | 108 | 197 | 0.55 | 5 | 24 | 0.21 | 375 | 473 | 0.79 |
1944 | 163 | 121 | 1.35 | 72 | 91 | 0.79 | 106 | 135 | 0.79 | 9 | 12 | 0.75 | 351 | 360 | 0.97 |
1945 | 136 | 128 | 1.06 | 67 | 101 | 0.66 | 102 | 95 | 1.07 | 5 | 12 | 0.42 | 311 | 339 | 0.92 |
1946 | 142 | 144 | 0.99 | 65 | 77 | 0.84 | 99 | 102 | 0.97 | 7 | 8 | 0.88 | 316 | 331 | 0.95 |
1947 | 150 | 118 | 1 .27 | 45 | 92 | 0.49 | 99 | 142 | 0.70 | 9 | 9 | 1.00 | 306 | 364 | 0.84 |
1948 | 145 | 110 | 1.32 | 65 | 89 | 0.73 | 68 | 113 | 0.60 | 12 | 8 | 1.50 | 290 | 320 | 0.91 |
(a) Including cases in which the age is not known.