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London County Council 1951

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Table: Table 13—Administrative County of London—Primary notifications of non.pulmonary tuberculosis 1946.51, distribution according to site Rates per 1,000 living are shown in parentheses against the number of cases

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Administrative County of London—Primary notifications of non.pulmonary tuberculosis 1946.51, distribution according to site Rates per 1,000 living are shown in parentheses against the number of cases

Age group	Year	Site of tuberculosis lesion
Age group	Year	Bones and Joints	Abdomen	Peripheral glands	Meninges	Other sites («)	Total
1. Under 15	1946	58 (0.100)	25 (0.043)	110 (0.189)	44 (0.076)	35 (0.060)	272 (0.468)
	1947	53 (0.085)	26 (0.042)	115 (0.184)	63 (0.101)	26 (0.042)	283 (0.454)
	1948	54 (0.086)	17 (0.027)	97 (0.154)	50 (0.079)	31 (0.049)	249 (0.395)
	1949	56 (0.087)	13 (0.020)	68 (0.106)	63 (0.098)	26 (0.040)	226 (0.351)
	1950	51 (0.079)	15 (0.023)	54 (0.084)	36 (0 056)	17 (0.026)	173 (0.268)
	1951	30 (0.046)	4 (0.006)	62 (0.095)	49 (0.075)	25 (0 038)	170 (0.260)
2. Over 15 years of age.	1946	103 (0.038)	38 (0.014)	83 (0.031)	20 (0.008)	95 (0.035)	339 (0.126)
	1947	110 (0.040)	53 (0.019)	87 (0.031)	15 (0.005)	114 (0.041)	379 (0.136)
	1948	111 (0.040)	36 (0.013)	82 (0.030)	22 (0.008)	100 (0.036)	351 (0.127)
	1949	107 (0.039)	42 (0.015)	77 (0.028)	13 (0.005)	88 (0.032)	327 (0.119)
	1950	94 (0.034)	43 (0.016)	91 (0.033)	22 (0.008)	106 (0.039)	356 (0.130)
	1951	107 (0.040)	37 (0.014)	97 (0.036)	17 (0.006)	98 (0.036)	356 (0.132)

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(a) Includes miliary and genito.urinary.

Table: Table 14.—Administrative County of London—Cases of infectious illness reported from schools in 1951 and preceding years

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Table 14.—

Administrative County of London—Cases of infectious illness reported from schools in 1951 and preceding years

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
1950	7,773	63	312	151	7,495	7,638	275	91	79	106	1,925	4,039
1951	16,756	26	2,193	212	15,045	6,127	1,685	29	138	73	1,811	3,338

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Conjunctivitis : The increase in 1951 was due to a local outbreak in schools in Stoke Newington. The
epidemic was on the wane at the end of the term and did not recur after the holiday.

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London County Council 1951

Table: Table 13—Administrative County of London—Primary notifications of non.pulmonary tuberculosis 1946.51, distribution according to site Rates per 1,000 living are shown in parentheses against the number of cases

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Table: Table 14.—Administrative County of London—Cases of infectious illness reported from schools in 1951 and preceding years

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