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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TABLE T3 Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications by age groups, 1958
Form of tuberculosis notified | Sex | Number of notifications of new cases of tuberculosis by age | Total all ages | ||||||||||
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0— | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65-r | |||
Pulmonary tuberculosis | m. | 4 | 43 | 35 | 28 | 102 | 203 | 354 | 302 | 359 | 389 | 255 | 2,074 |
F. | 3 | 34 | 27 | 29 | 93 | 174 | 248 | 193 | 107 | 72 | 49 | 1,029 | |
Other forms of tuberculosis.. | M. | 4 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 126 |
F. | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 179 | |
All forms of tuberculosis | m. | 8 | 54 | 39 | 40 | 111 | 209 | 385 | 326 | 371 | 396 | 261 | 2,200 |
F. | 4 | 46 | 34 | 39 | 103 | 188 | 298 | 221 | 124 | 82 | 69 | 1,208 |
Table T5—Tuberculosis—Deaths in Administrative County of London, 1958
Form of tuberculosis | Sex | Age at death | Total all ages | |||||||
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0- | 1- | 5— | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65 — | 75 + | |||
Pulmonary tuberculosis | M. | _ | - | 4 | 30 | 112 | 81 | 40 | 269 | |
F. | _ | - | — | 1 | 33 | 31 | 21 | 24 | 110 | |
Other forms of tuberculosis | M. | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
F. | — | - | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 18 | |
All forms of tuberculosis | M. | _ | - | 3 | 4 | 38 | 117 | 87 | 43 | 292 |
F. | - | 2 | 35 | 34 | 22 | 35 | 128 |
Table T6—Statutory notification of non-pulmonary tuberculosis—Distribution according to site and age, Administrative County of London, 1958
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 | 5 | 13 | 63 | 93 | |
Abdomen | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
Peripheral glands | 8 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 89 |
Meninges and C.N.S. | 9 | 4 | — | 4 | 17 |
Skin and erythema nodosum | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Genito-urinary | — | — | 4 | 59 | 63 |
Other sites | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
All sites | 28 | 33 | 39 | 205 | 305 |