London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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T able 12—
| Age group | Year | Site of tuberculosis lesion | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bones and joints | Abdomen | Peripheral glands | Meninges | Other sites (a) | 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) | ||
| 1953 | 38 (0.058) | 3 (0.005) | 33 (0.050) | 24 (0.037) | 11 (0.017) | 109 (0.166) | ||
| 2. Over 15 | 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) | ||
| 1953 | 87 (0.032) | 32 (0.012) | 81 (0.030) | 13 (0.005) | 98 (0.036) | 311 (0.116) | ||
(a) Includes miliary and genito.urinary.
Information not available for 1952 owing to change in the regulations governing the notification of tuberculosis.
T able 13—
| Year | Chicken-pox | Diphtheria | Rubella | 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 |
| 1952 | 14,281 | 31 | 16,115 | 266 | 13,127 | 8,391 | 1,245 | 70 | 138 | 93 | 3,042 | 2,028 |
| 1953 | 7,143 | 17 | 686 | 195 | 8,282 | 2,614 | 526 | 81 | 127 | 64 | 1,703 | 3,478 |