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London County Council 1953

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

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Table: T able 10( a)—Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications by age groups—Administrative County ofLondon,1953

T able 10( a)—Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications by age groups—Administrative County of

London,1953

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNumber of notifications of new cases of tuberculosisTotal all ages
0—1—5—10—15—20—25—35—45—55—65+
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.129397471752455664314403942492,749
F.1190755619836655128412877831,919
Other forms of tuberculosisM.1171913132442181265170
F.—19241321345724201018240
All forms of tuberculosisM.13110116601882696084494524002542,919
F.111099969219400608308148871012,159

Table: T able 10( b)—Numbers on the registers,1943-53

T able 10( b)—Numbers on the registers,1943-53

194319441945194619471948194919501951* 1952* 1953
Cases on the register at the end of the year:
Pulmonary—
Males13,60814,34015,01815,69516,37417,22418,20319,09019,11917,33618,475
Females10,23210,99011,49612,26212,86213,54914,22315,03115,55614,67214,930
Other forms:
Males2,8472,8662,8132,8212,6992,8892,7522,5912,5201,5301,508
Females3,0743,1853,1233,0993,1423,1473,0153,0682,9541,8501,820
Total29,76131,38132,45033,87735,07736,80938,19339,78040,14935,38836,733
No. per 1,000 of population11.912.712.510.910.611.011.311.712.010.510.9

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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Regulations, 1930, now rescinded.

Table: T able 10( c)— Clinic survey of contacts

T able 10( c)— Clinic survey of contacts

MenWomenChildrenTotal
Number of new cases diagnosed as tuberculous at chest clinics during the year2,5221,8775344,933
Percentage of these new cases found to be 'T.B. plus' (i.e. Infective)42.128.13.732.6
Number of those who attended as contacts and who were:
(a) Diagnosed as tuberculous*127 (4.6)127 (3.0)157 (2.5)411 (3.1)
(b) Not tuberculous2,4693,9025,83212,203
(c) Not determined (as at 31.12.53)145228416789

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*Figures in brackets are percentages of the total contacts examined