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London County Council 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Table 10(a)— Administrative County of London—Primary notification of tuberculosis,1952

Table 10(a)— Administrative County of London—Primary notification of tuberculosis,1952

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNumber of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosisTotal all ages
0-7-5-70-75-20-25-35-45-55-65+
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.67972372212765864664273322112,713
F.979704923937761027515581562,000
Other forms of tuberculosis.M.224342216234618141210221
F.120211320468137281515297
All forms of tuberculosisM.8103106592372996324844413442212,934
F.1099916225942369131218396712,297

Table: Table 10 ( b)—Numbers on the registers,1942.52

Table 10 ( b)—Numbers on the registers,1942.52

1942194319441945194619471948194919501951* 1952
Cases on the register at the end of the year:
Pulmonary—
Males12,89413,60814,34015,01815,69516,37417,22418,20319,09019,11917,336
Females9,44110,23210,99011,49612,26212,86213,54914,22315,03115,55614,672
Other forms :
Males2,7852,8472,8662,8132,8212,6992,8892,7522,5912,5201,530
Females2,9633,0743,1853,1233,0993,1423,1473,0153,0682,9541,850
Total28,08329,76131,38132,45033,87735,07736,80938,19339,78040,14935,388
No. per 1,000 of population11.711.912.712.510.910.611.011.311.712.010.5

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* On the chest clinic registers. Prior to 1952 numbers supplied by the metropolitan borough councils under the Tuberculosis
Regulations, 1930, now rescinded.