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London County Council 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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TableT.4—Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications by age groups, Administrative County of

London,1964

Form of tuberculosis notifiedSexNumber of notifications of new cases of tuberculosisTotal (all ages)
0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75+
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.334242650103202211200223107311,214
F43322204185128867441369579
Other forms of tuberculosisM.-1731017232110744107
F.-552520332012878125
All forms of tuberculosisM.335312960120225232210230111351,321
F.43827224610516110686494317704

TableT.5Tuberculosis—Deaths in Administrative County of London,1964

Form of tuberculosisSexAge at deathTotal (all ages)
0-1-5-15-25-45-65-75+
Pulmonary tuberculosisM.---210544227135
F.----121281143
Other forms of tuberculosisM.----171110
F.-1---41410
All forms of tuberculosisM.---211614328145
F.-1--121691553

Table T.6—Statutory notification of non-pulmonary tuberculosis—Distribution according to site and age, Administrative County of London,1964

Site of tuberculous lesionNumbers of notifications of new cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis by ageTotal (all ages)
0-45-1415-2425+
Meninges and C.N.S.252413
Abdomen--7714
Bones and joints-4103246
Skin and erythema nodosum--235
Peripheral glands38196797
Genito-urinary--64349
Other sites1-348
All sites61749160232

Table T.7—Patients on the registers—1955-1964

At 31 Dec.1955195619571958195919601961196219631964
Pulmonary:
Males19,30019,71519,94620,30819,55319,38018,75918,15317,37916,553
Females15,84615,92815,83615,59714,85814,49713,83313,17112,45611,586
Other forms: Males1,3711,3391,2741,2931,1581,1631,1431,1231,0981,111
Females1,7041,7101,7091,6741,5551,5271,4731,4021,3681,353
Total38,22138,69238,76538,87237,12436,56735,20833,84932,30130,603
No. per 1,000 of population11.611.811.912.111.611.411.110.610.19.6