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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table T10—Principal tuberculosis statistics—Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, 1957
| Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1957 | New notifications | New notifications per 1,000 population | 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 31.12.57 | Cases on register per 1,000 population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Tuberculosis of Meninges and C.N.S. | Other non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total deaths | ||||||||
| Total | Percentage of pulmonary cases positive during 1957 | |||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 50,600 | 45 | - | 6 | 51 | 1.01 | 2 | - | 2 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 441 | 2.7 | 8.7 |
| Fulham | 116,200 | 121 | - | 8 | 129 | 1.11 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 1,364 | 2. 4 | 11.7 |
| Hammersmith | 1)1,700 | 126 | 3 | 13 | 142 | 1.27 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 1,517 | 1.3 | 13.6 |
| Kensington | 167,900 | 191 | 2 | 14 | 207 | 1.23 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0.10 | 0. 09 | 1,590 | 2.6 | 9.5 |
| Hampstead | 97,130 | 108 | - | 9 | 117 | 1.20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 1,052 | 7.1 | 10..8 |
| Paddington | 120,500 | 191 | 1 | 17 | 209 | 1.73 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 1,440 | 2.8 | 12.0 |
| St. Marylebone | 72,530 | 65 | - | 6 | 71 | 0.98 | 12 | - | 12 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 869 | 4.6 | 12.0 |
| St. Pancras | 132,000 | 238 | 1 | 15 | 254 | 1.92 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 1,249 | * | 9.5 |
| Westminster, City of | 95,930 | 102 | - | 8 | 110 | 1.15 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 0. 23 | 0. 21 | 827 | * | 8.6 |
| Finsbury | 34,830 | 38 | - | 1 | 39 | 1.12 | 7 | - | 7 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 271 | 8. 6 | 7.8 |
| Holborn | 22,230 | 32 | - | - | 32 | 1.44 | 4 | - | 4 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 241 | 6. 6 | 10.8 |
| Islington | 227,800 | 255 | 3 | 26 | 284 | 1.25 | 28 | 3 | 31 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 2,818 | 3 .6 | 12.4 |
| Hackney | 165,000 | 127 | 1 | 11 | 139 | 0.84 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 0. 13 | 0.15 | 1,853 | 3. 1 | 11.2 |
| Shoreditch | 43,870 | 31 | - | 8 | 39 | 0.89 | 5 | - | 5 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 423 | 5.7 | 9.6 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,480 | 35 | - | 4 | 39 | 0.77 | 6 | - | 6 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 755 | 1.7 | 15.0 |
| Bethnal Green | 50,940 | 41 | - | 2 | 43 | 0.84 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0. 10 | 0.10 | 834 | 2 .4 | 16. 4 |
| City of London | 5,100 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 0. 98 | - | - | 61 | 5. 4 | 12.0 | |||
| Poplar | 67,080 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 0.85 | 9 | - | 9 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 589 | 2. 5 | 8. 8 |
| Stepney | 97,810 | 120 | 1 | 17 | 138 | 1.41 | 20 | -_ | 20 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 1,231 | 2. 3 | 12. 6 |
| Deptford | 70,970 | 143 | - | 8 | 151 | 2.13 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 1,198 | 2.9 | 16. 9 |
| Greenwich | 88,910 | 76 | - | 2 | 78 | 0.88 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 1,075 | 3.4 | 12.1 |
| Woolwich | 146,200 | 131 | - | 14 | 145 | 0.99 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 2 030 | 0.6 | 13. 9 |
| Camberwell | 177,700 | 222 | 2 | 16 | 240 | 1.35 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 1,771 | 1.4 | 10 .0 |
| Lewisham | 220,900 | 220 | 1 | 26 | 247 | 1.12 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 2 797 | * | 12. 7 |
| Bermondsey | 54,750 | 76 | - | - | 76 | 1.39 | 9 | - | 9 | 0.16 | 0.21 | 609 | 3. 1 | 11. 1 |
| Lambeth | 224,300 | 197 | - | 12 | 209 | 0.93 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 3,221 | 1.8 | 14. 4 |
| Southwark | 91,140 | 121 | - | 7 | 128 | 1.40 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 1,456 | 4.1 | 16. 0 |
| Battersea | 111,800 | 89 | 1 | 10 | 100 | 0.89 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0.10 | 0.12 | I 103 | 3.0 | 9. 9 |
| Wandsworth | 337,700 | 261 | 1 | 13 | 275 | 0.81 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 0.11 | 0. 11 | 4,080 | 3. 5 | 12. 1 |
| LONDON | 3,254,000 | 3,460 | 18 | 276 | 3,754 | 1.15 | 378 | 50 | 428 | 0.13 | 0. 15 | 38,765 | 2. 9 | 11. 9 |
* rigures not available.