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London County Council 1949

[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 than notification, 1949

Table 13(b)—New cases of tuberculosis in London found by other means than notification, 1949

Form of tuberculosisSexNew cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification
0.1.5.10.15.20.25.35.45.55.65 +Total
Pulmonary tuberculosism.3192662913934017413095991,060
f.21818762184329118402822828
Other forms of tuberculosism.—10212510118143479
f.1714124822973188
All forms of tuberculosisM.329281834149351182144981031,139
f.325321966192351127473123916

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 registrars1389
transferable deaths from Registrar-General12032
Posthumous notifications416
"Transfers" from other areas1,516110
Other sources7310

Table: Table 13(c)—Numbers on the registers, for the whole county, 1941-1949

Table 13(c)—Numbers on the registers, for the whole county, 1941-1949

Cases on the register at the end of the year—194119421943194419451946194719481949
Pulmonary— Males12,67712,89413,60814,34015,01815,69516,37417,22418,203
Females9,1199,44110,23210,99011,49612,26212,86213,54914,223
Other forms Males2,9162,7852,8472,8662,8132,8212,6992,8892,752
Females3,0442,9633,0743,1853,1233,0993,1423,1473,015
Total27,75628,08329,76131,38132,45033,87735,07736,80938,193
No. per 1,000 of population11.911.711.912.712.510.910.611.011.3