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London County Council 1949

[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
1926-3034,3531.5320,2470.908,97 10.403,0800.14
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
19495,6991.681,585 (c)0.475530.16156 (c)0.05

(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 on London during the year 1949

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNumber of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosisTotal all ages
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45—55-65+
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.1214195582923916805234844231863,285
F.19107899935247767132114380562,414
Other forms of tuberculosisM.2374134193336211877255
F.7353929284660251298298
All froms of tuberculosisM.14178136923114247165445024301933,540
F.2614212812838052373134615589642,712