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London County Council 1955

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

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Table: T able T.4— Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications by age groups— Administrative County of London,1955

T able T.4— Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications by age groups— Administrative County of London,1955

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNumber of notifications of new cases of tuberculosis by ageTotal all ages
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65+
Pulmonary tuberculosisM81847361531994573233913262312,229
F.740524817127543421915659671,528
Otder forms of tuberculosisM.—131416181938211147161
F.—131510212666271466204
All forms of tuberculosisM.87161521712184953444023302382,390
F.753675819230150024617065731,732

Table: T able T.5— Statutory notification of non-pulmonary tuberculosis— Distribution according to site and age,1955

T able T.5— Statutory notification of non-pulmonary tuberculosis— Distribution according to site and age,1955

Site of tuberculous lesionNumbers of notifications of new cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis by ageTotal all ages
0-45-1415-2425+
Bones and joints8222969128
Abdomen1392033
Peripheral glands513254386
Meninges683623
Skin and erytdema nodosum251210
Genito-urinary—1156076
Otder sites12159
All sites235483205365

Table: T able T.6— Patients on the registers*—Administrative County of London,1946-55

T able T.6— Patients on the registers*—Administrative County of London,1946-55

1946194719481949195019511952195319541955
Cases on the register at the end of the year: Pulmonary— Males15,69516,37417,22418,20319,09019,11917,33618,47518,89719,300
Females12,26212,86213,54914,22315,03115,55614,67214,93015,57615,846
Other forms: Males2,8212,6992,8892,7522,5912,5201,5301,5081,4421,371
Females3,0993,1423,1473,0153,0682,9541,8501,8201,7091,704
Total No. per 1,000 of population33,87735,07736,80938,19339,78040,14935,38836,73337,62438,221
10.910.611.011.311.712.010.510.911.311.6

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*Since 1952 figures are taken from Chest Clinic registers; for earlier years they represent Borough M.O.H. register
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