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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Year | Males | Females | Persons all ages | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45 + | All males | 0-1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45 + | All females | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis—Deaths (per 1,000)— | |||||||||||||
| 1900 | 0.62 | 0.42 | 0.18 | 2.70 | 4.46 | 2.26 | 0.48 | 0.36 | 0.28 | 1.51 | 1.74 | 1.22 | 1.71 |
| 1910 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 1.90 | 3.01 | 1.62 | 0.56 | 0.34 | 0.20 | 1.02 | 1.29 | 0.87 | 1.22 |
| 1920 | 0.38 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 1.52 | 2.24 | 1.32 | 0.53 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 1.13 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 1.07 |
| 1930 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 1.23 | 1.94 | 1.14 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.96 | 0.51 | 0.65 | 0.87 |
| 1939 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.88 | 1.61 | 0.92 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.60 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.65 (a) |
| 1950 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.34 | 0.99 | 0.51 | — | — | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.36 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis—Primary notifications (per 1,000)— | |||||||||||||
| 1900 | Not notifiable | ||||||||||||
| 1910 | |||||||||||||
| 1920 | 0.32 | 0.40 | 1.15 | 3.35 | 2.68 | 2.48 | 0.33 | 0.43 | 1.14 | 2.26 | 1.08 | 1.63 | 2.02 |
| 1930 | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.37 | 2.44 | 2.20 | 1.83 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 1.89 | 0.66 | 1.20 | 1.49 |
| 1939 | 0.14 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 1.84 | 1.72 | 1.48 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 1.41 | 0.39 | 0.87 | 1.15 |
| 1950 | 0.47 | 1.31 | 0.75 | 2.46 | 1.59 | 1.83 | 0.49 | 0.95 | 0.77 | 2.34 | 0.33 | 1.26 | 1.53 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis—Deaths (per 1,000)— | |||||||||||||
| 1900 | 6.19 | 2.60 | 0.48 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.60 | 4.83 | 2.22 | 0.39 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.44 | 0.52 |
| 1910 | 4.90 | 1.95 | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 3.67 | 1.67 | 0.45 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 0.43 |
| 1920 | 1 .62 | 0.77 | 0.31 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 1.42 | 0.74 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.21 |
| 1930 | 0.68 | 0.42 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.07 (a) |
| 1950 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis—Primary notifications (per 1,000)— | |||||||||||||
| 1900 | Not notifiable | ||||||||||||
| 1910 | |||||||||||||
| 1920 | 0.98 | 1.41 | 1.46 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.59 | 0.79 | 1.00 | 119 | 0.28 | 0.10 | 0.44 | 0.51 |
| 1930 | 0.59 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.29 | 0.05 | 0.30 | 0.34 |
| 1939 | 0.18 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.21 | 011 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.20 |
| 1950 | 0.07 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.16 | 0 05 | 0.14 | 015 | 0.33 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.16 |
(a) These rates are slightly lower than those published by the Registrar-General because the 1938
estimates of the population by ago and sex have been used without any allowance for evacuation at the
end of 1939; this is a more realistic method as the tuberculous were evacuated to a much less extent than
healthy persons.