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London County Council 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table T11—
| Metropolitan Boroughs | New notifications | Deaths from tuberculosis | Tuberculosis deaths per 1,000 population | Pulmonary tuberculosis deaths per 1,000 population aged 15 and over | Number of tuberculosis cases on clinic registers at 31.12.56 | Cases on register per 1,000 population | Mass X-ray findings | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated home population mid 1956 | Pulmonary | Tuberculosis of Meninges and C.N.S. | Other non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total | New notifications per 1,000 population | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total deaths | Number of pulmonary cases found per 1,000 adults examined * | ||||||
| Total | Percentage sputum positive during 1956 | ||||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 51,070 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 0.76 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 468 | 2.1 | 9.2 | 5.3 |
| Fulham | 117,100 | 130 | 1 | 10 | 141 | 1.20 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 1,403 | 4.3 | 12.0 | 4.3 |
| Hammersmith | 113,300 | 156 | — | 9 | 165 | 1.46 | 17 | 17 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 1,536 | 2.7 | 13.6 | 4.3 | |
| Kensington | 168,800 | 233 | — | 23 | 256 | 1.52 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 1,619 | 6.1 | 9.6 | 4.2 |
| Hampstead | 97,580 | 88 | — | 12 | 100 | 1.02 | 4 | — | 4 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 965 | 1.8 | 9..9 | 4.0 |
| Paddington | 121,200 | 220 | 2 | 20 | 242 | 2.00 | 15 | — | 15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 1,444 | 6.9 | 11.9 | 4.0 |
| St. Marylebone | 73,040 | 66 | — | 5 | 71 | 0.97 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 854 | 1.8 | 11.7 | 3.0 |
| St. Pancras | 133,100 | 176 | 2 | 13 | 191 | 1.44 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 1,233 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 7.2 |
| Westminster, City of | 96,100 | 103 | — | 7 | 110 | 1.14 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 839 | 3.9 | 8.7 | 5.5 |
| Finsbury | 34,870 | 36 | — | 5 | 41 | 1.18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 257 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 3.3 |
| Holborn | 22,640 | 33 | — | 3 | 36 | 1.59 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 249 | 5.2 | 11.0 | 2.6 |
| Islington | 228,300 | 299 | 1 | 34 | 334 | 1.46 | 34 | 1 | 35 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 2,772 | 4.2 | 12.1 | 6.9 |
| Hackney | 165,800 | 114 | 1 | 8 | 123 | 0.74 | 18 | — | 18 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 2,059 | 1.6 | 12.4 | 4.2 |
| Shoreditch | 44,520 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 0.99 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 452 | 3.3 | 10.2 | 5.3 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,420 | 51 | — | 4 | 55 | 1.09 | 3 | — | 3 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 767 | 1.0 | 15.2 | 5.9 |
| Bethnal Green | 52,280 | 60 | — | 4 | 64 | 1.22 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 837 | 4.1 | 16.0 | 4.8 |
| City of London | 5,180 | 4 | — | 2 | 6 | 1.16 | 2 | — | 2 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 56 | 5.4 | 10.8 | |
| Poplar | 68,620 | 58 | — | 6 | 64 | 0.93 | 9 | — | 9 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 581 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 3.4 |
| Stepney | 98,160 | 116 | 4 | 7 | 127 | 1.29 | 17 | — | 17 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 1,199 | 3.6 | 12.2 | 6.0 |
| Deptford | 71,840 | 103 | — | 9 | 112 | 1.56 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 0.22 | 0.27 | 1,160 | 2.4 | 16.1 | 7.6 |
| Greenwich | 88,780 | 72 | 1 | 8 | 81 | 0.91 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 1,011 | 3.4 | 11.4 | 6.0 |
| Woolwich | 147,500 | 145 | — | 10 | 155 | 1.05 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 2,042 | 2.0 | 13.8 | 4.9 |
| Camberwell | 177,800 | 307 | 2 | 21 | 330 | 1.86 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 1,886 | 0.5 | 10.6 | 6.7 |
| Lewisham | 222,100 | 195 | 4 | 13 | 212 | 0.95 | 29 | — | 29 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 2,785 | 8.8 | 12.5 | 3.9 |
| Bermondsey | 56,200 | 60 | — | 6 | 66 | 1.17 | 10 | — | 10 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 594 | 5.2 | 10.6 | 3.8 |
| Lambeth | 223,900 | 180 | — | 18 | 198 | 0.88 | 22 | — | 22 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 3,135 | 1.4 | 14.0 | 6.5 |
| Southwark | 92,300 | 140 | 1 | 15 | 156 | 1.69 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 1,448 | 3.9 | 15.7 | 2.8 |
| Battersea | 112,900 | 102 | 2 | 4 | 108 | 0.96 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 1,118 | 2.9 | 9.9 | 5.0 |
| Wandsworth | 337,600 | 280 | 3 | 19 | 302 | 0.89 | 44 | 3 | 47 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 3,923 | 3.5 | 11.6 | 6.2 |
| London | 3,273,000 | 3,602 | 26 | 301 | 3,929 | 1.20 | 423 | 32 | 455 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 38,692 | 3.8 | 11.8 | 5.4 |
*These are the latest available figures and relate to 1955.
Table T12—Tuberculosis—Contact examinations at Chest Clinics—Administrative County of London 1956
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