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London County Council 1956

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

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Table: T able T6— Statutory notificationof non-pulmonary tuberculosis—Distribution according to site and age, Administrative County of London,1956

T able T6— Statutory notificationof non-pulmonary tuberculosis—Distribution according to site and age, Administrative County of London,1956

Site of tuberculous lesionNumbers of notifications of new cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis by ageTotal all ages
0-45-1415-2425+
Bones and joints10112171113
Abdomen—391325
Peripheral glands77143866
Meninges and C.N.S.2145526
Skin and erythema nodosum22—37
Genito-urinary1—96878
Other sites1—2912
All sites233760207327

Table: Table T7— Patients on the registers*—1947-1956

Table T7— Patients on the registers*—1947-1956

1947194819491950195119521953195419551956
Cases on the register at the end of the year Pulmonary—
Males16,37417,22418,20319,09019,11917,33618,47518,89719,30019,715
Females12,86213,54914,22315,03115,55614,67214,93015,57615,84615,928
Other forms:
Males2,6992,8892,7522,5912,5201,5301,5081,4421,3711,339
Females3,1423,1473,0153,0682,9541,8501,8201,7091,7041,710
Total35,07736,80938,19339,78040,14935,38836,73337,62438,22138,692
No. per 1,000 of population10.61.1011.311.712.010.510.911.311.611.8

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

Table: Table T8— Condition of new cases and their contacts,1956

Table T8— Condition of new cases and their contacts,1956

MenWomenChildrenTotal
Number of new cases diagnosed as tuberculous at chest clinics during the year2,1411,3602743,775
Percentage of these new cases found to be 'T.B. plus' (i.e. Infective)40.627.66.933.5
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 tuberculous2,0303,1887,33512,553
(c) Not determined (as at 31.12.56)184275442901

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*Figures in brackets are percentages of the total contacts examined.
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