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London County Council 1957

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

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Table: Table T6—Statutory notification of non-pulmonary tuberculosis—Distribution according to site and age, Administrative County of London, 1957

Table T6—Statutory notification of non-pulmonary tuberculosis—Distribution according to site and age, Administrative County of London, 1957

Site of tuberculous lesionNumbers of notifications of new cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis by ageTotal all ages
0-45-1415-2425 +
Bones and joints815235096
Abdomen-121013
Peripheral glands314215189
Meninges and C.N.S.526518
Skin and erythema nodosum-1113
Genito-urinary-285868
Other sites-1337
All sites163664178294

Table: Table T7—Patients on the registers*—1948-1957

Table T7—Patients on the registers*—1948-1957

1948194919501951195219531954195519561957
Cases on the register at the end of the year Pulmonary—
Males17,22418,20319,09019,11917,33618,47518,89719,30019,71519,946
Females13,54914,22315,03115,55614,67214,93015,57615,84615,92815,836
Other forms
Males2,8892,7522,5912,5201,5301,5081,4421,3711,3391,274
Females3,1473,0153,0682,9541,8501,8201,7091,7041,7101,709
Total36,80938,19339,78040,14935,38836,73337,62438,22138,69238,765
No. per 1,000 of population11.011.311.712.010.510.911.311.611.811.9

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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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