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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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Table: Summary of Statistics, 1952 and 1953

Summary of Statistics, 1952 and 1953

19521953
Primary Notifications*
Pulmonary4,7134,668
Rate per 1,000 living1.401.40
Non-pulmonary518410
Rate per 1,000 living0.150.12
Deaths*
Pulmonary933690
Rate per 1,000 living0.280.21
Non-pulmonary8673
Rate per 1,000 living0.030.02
Chest clinics
Clinics in London3131
Clinic Registers*
Total on registers at the end of the year35,38836,733
Work of Local Tuberculosis Care Organisers
Cases investigated for the first time5,9516,091
Patients assisted for the first time with :
Extra nourishment2,5592,396
Beds and bedding541431
Nursing requisites496376
Clothing9611,089
Other commodities606683
Patients at the end of the year receiving :
Extra nourishment2,2342,451
Home help service673618
Home Care and Treatment
At the end of the year, patients :
Awaiting admission to hospital738494
Under treatment in their own homes808804
Receiving attention by home nurses367466
Rehabilitation
At the end of the year the Council was financially
responsible for rehabilitants at :
British Legion Village, Maidstone2525
Papworth Village Settlement, Cambridge1717
Enham-Alamein Village Centre, Andover1821
Barrowmore Hall, Chester22
Correspondence courses arranged during the
year through the British Council for Re
habilitation for patients undergoing prolonged
treatment at home65113
Boarding Open-Air Schools
Children with a history of tuberculosis in these
schools at the beginning of the year3329
Admitted during the year4727
Away at the end of the year2934
Awaiting admission at the end of the year117
Boarding-out of Child Contacts
Children boarded-out at the beginning of the year419440
Placed during the year490562
Boarded-out at the end of the year440450
Average number boarded-out at any one time442486

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* Details are given in the comments on page 21 and in tables 9-12, in Appendix.