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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table T.11—Principal tuberculosis statistics—Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, 1959
| Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1959 | 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 31.12.59 | 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 1959 | |||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 49,520 | 36 | — | 3 | 39 | 0.79 | 3 | _ | 3 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 411 | 4.0 | 8.3 |
| Fulham | 113,300 | 83 | — | 6 | 89 | 0.79 | 14 | _ | 14 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 1,262 | 1.0 | 11.1 |
| Hammersmith | 108,900 | 135 | 1 | 7 | 143 | 1.31 | 8 | _ | 8 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 1.581 | 1.4 | 14.5 |
| Kensington | 166,500 | 172 | — | 21 | 193 | 116 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1,633 | 1.7 | 10.0 |
| Hampstead | 96,810 | 89 | — | 6 | 95 | 0.98 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 1,144 | 3.9 | 11.8 |
| Paddington | 113,400 | 145 | — | 14 | 159 | 1.40 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 1,396 | 2.0 | 12.3 |
| St. Marylebone | 70,430 | 57 | — | 1 | 58 | 0.82 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 927 | 1.9 | 13.2 |
| St. Pancras | 128,700 | 189 | — | 12 | 201 | 1.56 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 1.234 | 1.9 | 9.6 |
| Westminster, City of | 94,640 | 85 | — | 6 | 91 | 0.96 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 615 | 4.7 | 6.5 |
| Finsbury | 34,030 | 25 | — | 1 | 26 | 0.76 | 1 | _ | 1 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 269 | 4.3 | 7.9 |
| Holborn | 21,370 | 27 | — | — | 27 | 1.26 | 5 | _ | 5 | 0.23 | 0.27 | 269 | 2.8 | 12.6 |
| Islington | 223,400 | 254 | — | 14 | 268 | 1.20 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 2,564 | 2.1 | 11.5 |
| Hackney | 163,200 | 98 | 2 | 17 | 117 | 0.72 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 1,836 | 2.2 | 11.3 |
| Shoreditch | 43,330 | 35 | — | 5 | 40 | 0.92 | 4 | _ | 4 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 377 | 5.5 | 8.7 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,200 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 0.98 | 4 | _ | 4 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 817 | 1.3 | 16.3 |
| Bethnal Green | 48,960 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 0.86 | 3 | _ | 3 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 776 | 2.6 | 15.8 |
| City of London | 4,900 | 4 | — | 1 | 5 | 1.02 | _ | _ | 60 | 3.5 | 12.2 | |||
| Poplar | 63,540 | 57 | — | 6 | 63 | 0.99 | 9 | _ | 9 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 560 | 1.6 | 8.8 |
| Stepney | 94,900 | 135 | 1 | 13 | 149 | 1.57 | 17 | _ | 17 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 1,253 | 2.8 | 13.2 |
| Deptford | 69,660 | 91 | — | 7 | 98 | 1.41 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 1,117 | 2.5 | 16.0 |
| Greenwich | 88,970 | 41 | — | 2 | 43 | 0.48 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 1.080 | 1.7 | 12.1 |
| Woolwich | 144,800 | 80 | — | 8 | 88 | 0.61 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 1,742 | 1.2 | 12.0 |
| Camberwell | 176,100 | 142 | — | 15 | 157 | 0.89 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 1.190 | 1.4 | 6.8 |
| Lewisham | 221,000 | 126 | 1 | 17 | 144 | 0.65 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 2,754 | 1.6 | 12.5 |
| Bermondsey | 54,120 | 48 | — | 2 | 50 | 0.92 | 4 | _ | 4 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 641 | 1.3 | 11.8 |
| Lambeth | 223,300 | 155 | 3 | 13 | 171 | 0.77 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 3.318 | * | 14.9 |
| Southwark | 88,720 | 92 | — | 6 | 98 | 1.10 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 1,451 | 2.2 | 16.4 |
| Battersea | 108,500 | 70 | 1 | 4 | 75 | 0.69 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 1.156 | 2.7 | 10.7 |
| Wandsworth | 338,800 | 239 | 4 | 17 | 260 | 0.77 | 32 | 6 | 38 | 0.1 | 0.12 | 3,691 | 2.9 | 10.9 |
| london | 3,204,000 | 2,794 | 15 | 229 | 3,038 | 0.95 | 313 | 30 | 343 | 0.1 | 0.12 | 37,124 | 2.0† | 11.6 |
* Figures not available. f Excluding Borough of Lambeth.