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London County Council 1958
[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, 1958
| Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1958 | 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 is and over | Number of tuberculosis cases on clinic registers at 31.t2.s8 | Cases on register per 1,000 population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Tuberculoid 0/ Meninges and C.N.S. | Other run-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Tola! deaths | ||||||||
| Total | Percentage °f pulmonary cases positive during 1958 | |||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 50,190 | 41 | - | 7 | 48 | 0.96 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 431 | 8.6 | |
| Fulham | 114,700 | 92 | — | 11 | 103 | 0.90 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 1,312 | 2.0 | 11.4 |
| Hammersmith | 110,200 | 123 | 1 | 4 | 128 | 1.16 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 1,537 | 2.6 | 13.9 |
| Kensington | 165,700 | 159 | 1 | 16 | 176 | 1.06 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 1,592 | 3.7 | 9.6 |
| Hampstead | 96,480 | 82 | 1 | 12 | 95 | 0.98 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 1,100 | 3.7 | 11.4 |
| Paddington | 115,700 | 155 | 1 | 14 | 170 | 1.46 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 1,429 | 4.7 | 12.4 |
| St. Marylebone | 71,410 | 61 | — | 9 | 70 | 0.98 | 7 | — | 7 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 902 | 3.3 | 12.6 |
| St. Pancras | 130,800 | 190 | 2 | 21 | 213 | 1.63 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 1,440 | 2.3 | 11.0 |
| Westminster, City of .. | 95,440 | 127 | _ | 7 | 134 | 1.40 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 950 | * | 10.0 |
| Finsbury | 34,960 | 22 | _ | 5 | 27 | 0.77 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 270 | 7.1 | 7.7 |
| Holborn | 21,870 | 24 | _ | 2 | 26 | 1.19 | 3 | _ | 3 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 256 | 3.3 | 11.7 |
| Islington | 225,800 | 314 | 2 | 19 | 335 | 1.48 | 31 | 5 | 36 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 2,735 | 3.3 | 12,1 |
| Hackney | 163,400 | 112 | 1 | 6 | 119 | 0.73 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 1,859 | 2.4 | 11.4 |
| Shoreditch | 43,330 | 31 | _ | 4 | 35 | 0.81 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 391 | 5.6 | 9,0 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,480 | 44 | _ | 3 | 47 | 0.93 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 779 | 1.6 | 15.4 |
| Bethnal Green | 49,830 | 38 | _ | _ | 38 | 0.76 | 9 | _ | 9 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 806 | 2.2 | 16.2 |
| City of London | 5,000 | 6 | _ | _ | 6 | 1.20 | - | _ | — | — | — | 64 | 5.1 | 12.8 |
| Poplar | 64,780 | 49 | — | 8 | 57 | 0.88 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 587 | 2.7 | 9.1 |
| Stepney | 96,360 | 136 | — | 9 | 145 | 1.50 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 1,212 | 2.5 | 12.6 |
| Deptford | 70,220 | 100 | _ | 9 | 109 | 1.55 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 1,121 | 3.5 | 16,0 |
| Greenwich | 89,180 | 54 | _ | 5 | 59 | 0.66 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 1,078 | 1.0 | 12.1 |
| Woolwich | 144,600 | 92 | _ | 9 | 101 | 0.70 | 20 | _ | 20 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 2,034 | 1.1 | 14.1 |
| Camberwell | 177,300 | 177 | _ | 14 | 191 | 1.08 | 30 | 2 | 32 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 1,698 | 1.1 | 9.6 |
| Lewisham | 221,000 | 216 | 1 | 19 | 236 | 1.07 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 2,780 | 4.0 | 12.6 |
| Bermondsey | 54,450 | 50 | 1 | 8 | 59 | 1.08 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 620 | 1.0 | 11.4 |
| Lambeth | 223,600 | 189 | 2 | 19 | 210 | 0.94 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 3,259 | 2.1 | 14.6 |
| Southwark | 89,920 | 120 | _ | 9 | 129 | 1.43 | 19 | _ | 19 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 1,469 | 2.9 | 16.3 |
| Battersea | 110,400 | 67 | 1 | 7 | 75 | 0.68 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 1,087 | 2.8 | 9.8 |
| Wandsworth | 337,900 | 232 | 3 | 32 | 267 | 0.79 | 43 | 5 | 48 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 4,074 | 2.1 | 12.1 |
| LONDON | 3,225,000 | 3,103 | 17 | 288 | 3,408 | 1.06 | 379 | 41 | 420 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 38,872 | 2.6† | 12.1 |
* Figures not available, f Excluding City of Westminster.