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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table T.10—
| Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1962 | 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 31.12.62 | Cases on register per 1,000 population | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Tuberculosis of Meninges and C.N.S. | Other nonpulmonary tuberculosis | Total | Pulmonary | Nonpulmonary tuberculosis | Total deaths | Total | Percentage of pulmonary cases positive* during 1962 | ||||||
| Chelsea | 48,550 | 25 | - | 1 | 26 | 0.54 | 2 | 4 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 321 | 4.4 | 6.6 | |
| Fulham | 110,570 | 71 | - | 8 | 79 | 0.71 | 4 | 6 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 1,235 | 2.5 | 11.2 | |
| Hammersmith | 108,120 | 67 | 1 | 10 | 78 | 0.72 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 1,403 | 3.9 | 130 |
| Kensington | 172,020 | 149 | 1 | 10 | 160 | 0.93 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 1,244 | 3.7 | 7.2 |
| Hampstead | 98,240 | 43 | 1 | 10 | 54 | 0.55 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 620 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| Paddington | 113,600 | 144 | - | 20 | 164 | 1.44 | 9 | - | 9 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 1,230 | 4.2 | 10.8 |
| St. Marylebone | 68,070 | 42 | - | 10 | 52 | 0.76 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 746 | 5.9 | 11.0 |
| St. Pancras | 124,470 | 105 | - | 15 | 120 | 0.96 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 1,121 | 1.6 | 9.0 |
| Westminster, City of | 86,110 | 85 | - | 4 | 89 | 103 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 908 | 5.5 | 10.5 |
| Finsbury | 32,540 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0.71 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 259 | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| Holborn | 20,640 | 16 | - | 1 | 17 | 0.82 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 210 | 6.9 | 10.2 |
| Islington | 227,870 | 224 | 1 | 19 | 244 | 1.07 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 2,415 | 2.4 | 10.6 |
| Hackney | 163,400 | 79 | 1 | 7 | 87 | 0.53 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 1,653 | 2.9 | 10.1 |
| Shoreditch | 39,580 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0.68 | 9 | - | 9 | 0.23 | 0..30 | 297 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| Stoke Newmgton | 52,950 | 14 | - | 4 | 18 | 0.34 | 3 | - | 3 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 720 | 2.3 | 13.6 |
| Bethnal Green | 46,230 | 20 | - | 6 | 26 | 0.56 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 701 | 2.5 | 15.2 |
| City of London | 4,610 | 4 | - | 1 | 5 | 1.08 | 1 | - | 1 | 0..22 | 0..23 | 66 | 8.1 | 14.3 |
| Poplar | 67,340 | 28 | - | 7 | 35 | 0.52 | 8 | - | 8 | 0..12 | 0.15 | 594 | 4.3 | 8.8 |
| Stepney | 90,480 | 90 | - | 9 | 99 | 1.09 | 12 | - | 12 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 1,238 | 2.4 | 13.7 |
| Deptford | 68,980 | 81 | - | 7 | 88 | 1.28 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 1,072 | 4.1 | 15.5 |
| Greenwich | 84,730 | 29 | - | 4 | 33 | 0.39 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 1,018 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Woolwich | 148,140 | 58 | - | 7 | 65 | 0.44 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 1,600 | 2.8 | 10.8 |
| Camberwell | 173,720 | 137 | - | 15 | 152 | 0.87 | 8 | - | 8 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 945 | 2.9 | 5.4 |
| Lewisham | 222,170 | 83 | 3 | 17 | 103 | 0.46 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 2,307 | 1.5 | 10.4 |
| Bermondsey | 51,000 | 27 | - | 4 | 31 | 0.61 | 4 | - | 4 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 657 | 2.2 | 12.9 |
| Lambeth | 223,370 | 122 | - | 10 | 132 | 0.59 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 3,367 | 2.0 | 15.1 |
| Southwark | 86,440 | 62 | - | 5 | 67 | 0.78 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 1,468 | 4.5 | 17.0 |
| Battersea | 104,020 | 69 | - | 6 | 75 | 0.72 | 12 | - | 12 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 972 | 4.5 | 9.3 |
| Wandsworth | 347,810 | 173 | - | 15 | 188 | 0.54 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 3,462 | 3.1 | 10.0 |
| LONDON | 3,185,770 | 2,092 | 10 | 235 | 2,337 | 0.73 | 252 | 27 | 279 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 33,849 | 3.0 | 10.6 |
*Cases whose broncho-pulmonary secretion was positive during the year (in previous years this figure has been calculated on positive cases in preceding six months).