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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 15—New cases of non-pulmonary Tuberculosis in London (A.C.) 1938-1939 and 1946-1949. Distribution according to site Rates for 1,000 living are shown in parenthesis against the number of cases
| Age group | Year | Site of tuberculosis lesion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bones and Joints | Abdomen | Peripheral glands | Meninges | Other sites (a) | Total | ||
| 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) | |
| 1949 | 56 (0.087) | 13 (0.020) | 68 (0.106) | 63 (0.098) | 24 (0.037) | 224 (0.348) | |
| 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 | |
| 1949 | 69 | 36 | 68 | 87 | 91 | 69 | |
| 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) | |
| 1949 | 107 (0.039) | 42 (0.015) | 77 (0.028) | 13 (0.005) | 90 (0.033) | 329 (0.120) | |
| Rates expressed per cent. of 1938. | 1938 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 1939 | 97 | 65 | 102 | 93 | 77 | 88 | |
| 1946 | 69 | 54 | 74 | 50 | 67 | 67 | |
| 1947 | 69 | 73 | 77 | 36 | 73 | 70 | |
| 1948 | 69 | 50 | 70 | 57 | 62 | 64 | |
| 1949 | 67 | 58 | 65 | 36 | 55 | 60 | |
(a) Includes miliary and genito-urinary.
Table 16—Cases of infectious illness reported from schools in 1949 and
| Year | Chicken-pox | Diphtheria | German measles | Impetigo | Measles | Mumps | Ophthalmia and conjunctivitis | Poliomyelitis | Ringworm | Scabies | Scarlet fever | Whooping-cough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 11,018 | 3,576 | 2,383 | 1,018 | 31,852 | 4,805 | 342 | - | 278 | 2,718 | 3,988 | 4,067 |
| 1946 | 5,602 | 290 | 349 | 381 | 8,291 | 5,296 | 251 | 5 | 245 | 1,488 | 1,654 | 2,421 |
| 1947 | 7,423 | 263 | 1,571 | 264 | 6,684 | 2,845 | 233 | 153 | 180 | 650 | 1,974 | 3,660 |
| 1948 | 7,745 | 187 | 491 | 243 | 11,545 | 9,162 | 297 | 34 | 119 | 323 | 2,078 | 3,691 |
| 1949 | 5,528 | 135 | 313 | 178 | 7,651 | 2,113 | 361 | 132 | 71 | 120 | 2,359 | 1,814 |