Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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T able T6—
Site of tuberculous lesion | Numbers of notifications of new cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis by age | Total all ages | |||
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0-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25+ | ||
Bones and joints | 10 | 11 | 21 | 71 | 113 |
Abdomen | — | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 |
Peripheral glands | 7 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 66 |
Meninges and C.N.S. | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
Skin and erythema nodosum | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 7 |
Genito-urinary | 1 | — | 9 | 68 | 78 |
Other sites | 1 | — | 2 | 9 | 12 |
All sites | 23 | 37 | 60 | 207 | 327 |
Table T7—
1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | |
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Cases on the register at the end of the year Pulmonary— | ||||||||||
Males | 16,374 | 17,224 | 18,203 | 19,090 | 19,119 | 17,336 | 18,475 | 18,897 | 19,300 | 19,715 |
Females | 12,862 | 13,549 | 14,223 | 15,031 | 15,556 | 14,672 | 14,930 | 15,576 | 15,846 | 15,928 |
Males | 2,699 | 2,889 | 2,752 | 2,591 | 2,520 | 1,530 | 1,508 | 1,442 | 1,371 | 1,339 |
Females | 3,142 | 3,147 | 3,015 | 3,068 | 2,954 | 1,850 | 1,820 | 1,709 | 1,704 | 1,710 |
Total | 35,077 | 36,809 | 38,193 | 39,780 | 40,149 | 35,388 | 36,733 | 37,624 | 38,221 | 38,692 |
No. per 1,000 of population | 10.6 | 1.10 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 |
* Since 1952 figures are taken from chest clinic registers; for earlier years they represent Borough M.O.H. register.
Table T8—
Number of new cases diagnosed as tuberculous at chest clinics during the year | 2,141 | 1,360 | 274 | 3,775 |
Percentage of these new cases found to be 'T.B. plus' (i.e. Infective) | 40.6 | 27.6 | 6.9 | 33.5 |
Number of those who attended as contacts and who were: | ||||
(a) Diagnosed as tuberculous* | 67 (2.9) | 94 (2.6) | 72 (0.9) | 233 (1.7) |
(b) Not tuberculous | 2,030 | 3,188 | 7,335 | 12,553 |
(c) Not determined (as at 31.12.56) | 184 | 275 | 442 | 901 |
*Figures in brackets are percentages of the total contacts examined.
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