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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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were found and the rate of infection was in male workers thrice as heavy as among
women in the industry. Male hotel workers showed a remarkably high rate of 14.7 cases
per thousand examined. For women engaged in this work the rate was 5.8.
Nearly 32,000 men aged 45 years or more were X-rayed and produced 384 confirmed
cases of lung tuberculosis, an incidence rate of 12 cases per thousand compared with a
corresponding rate in women of 4.5 cases per thousand women in this age group.
22 per cent. of the male cases discovered in this age group were infective compared
with 18 per cent. among the women.
As I have indicated earlier, this is work of the first importance in controlling tuberculosis
in the population. Detailed statistics of mass radiography will be found in
Tables T.9, T.10 and T.12.
Table T.l—
| Year(s) | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statutory notifications | Deaths | Statutory notifications | Deaths | |||||
| No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | |
| 1921-25 | 38,807 | 1.71 | 22,980 | 1.01 | 10,881 | 0.48 | 4,383 | 0.19 |
| 1926-30 | 34,353 | 1.53 | 20,247 | 0.90 | 8,971 | 0.40 | 3,080 | 0.14 |
| 1931-35 | 29,569 | 1.38 | 17,075 | 0.79 | 6,322 | 0.29 | 2,354 | 0.11 |
| 1936-40 | 24,848 | 1.29 | 13,664 | 0.71 | 4,510 | 0.23 | 1,861 | 0.09 |
| 1941 | 4,577 | 1.83 | 2,552 | 1.02 | 675 | 0.27 | 343 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 4,734 | 1.80 | 2,164 | 0.82 | 796 | 0.30 | 283 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 5,066 | 1.82 | 2,204 | 0.79 | 782 | 0.28 | 256 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 5,056 | 1.84 | 2,073 | 0.75 | 673 | 0.24 | 237 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 4,893 | 1.68 | 2,033 | 0.70 | 614 | 0.21 | 224 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 5,137 | 1.57 | 1,940 | 0.59 | 611 | 0.19 | 243 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 5,421 | 1.59 | 2,044 | 0.60 | 662 | 0.19 | 252 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 5,473 | 1.61 | 1,900 | 0.56 | 600 | 0.18 | 202 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 5,699 | 1.68 | 1,585 | 0.47 | 553 | 0.16 | 156 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 5,189 | 1.53 | 1,225 | 0.36 | 529 | 0.16 | 122 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 4,897 | 1.46 | 1,154 | 0.34 | 507 | 0.15 | 125 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 4,713 | 1.40 | 933 | 0.28 | 518 | 0.15 | 86 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 4,668 | 1.40 | 690 | 0.21 | 410 | 0.12 | 73 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 4,231 | 1.27 | 596 | 0.18 | 410 | 0.12 | 62 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 3,757 | 1.14 | 517 | 0.16 | 365 | 0.11 | 44 | 0.01 |
(a) Excluding posthumous notifications.