London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1964 | 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 31.12.64 | 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 1964 | ||||||
| Chelsea | 46,200 | 11 | - | 1 | 12 | 0.26 | 2 | - | 2 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 273 | 3.1 | 5.9 |
| Fulham | 109,410 | 45 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 0.47 | 6 | - | 6 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 1,197 | 3.8 | 10.9 |
| Hammersmith | 107,530 | 75 | - | 7 | 82 | 0.76 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 1,373 | 5.6 | 12.8 |
| Kensington | 172,990 | 97 | 1 | 20 | 118 | 0.68 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 975 | 3.1 | 5.6 |
| Hampstead | 101,060 | 44 | - | 7 | 51 | 0 50 | 1 | - | 1 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 602 | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| Paddington | 117,050 | 92 | 1 | 14 | 107 | 0.91 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 1,018 | 3.6 | 8.7 |
| St. Marylebone | 67,250 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 0.62 | 4 | - | 4 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 483 | 2.8 | 7.2 |
| St. Pancras | 121.870 | 101 | - | 8 | 109 | 0.89 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 1,022 | 1.4 | 8.4 |
| Westminster, City of | 85,840 | 44 | - | 4 | 48 | 0.56 | 11 | - | 11 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 764 | 0.3 | 8.9 |
| Finsbury | 32,070 | 23 | - | 1 | 24 | 0.75 | 6 | - | 6 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 258 | 4.1 | 8.0 |
| Holborn | 20.430 | 13 | - | 1 | 14 | 0.69 | 1 | - | 1 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 176 | 7.1 | 8.6 |
| Islington | 227,090 | 179 | 3 | 24 | 206 | 0.91 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 2,207 | 2.1 | 9.7 |
| Hackney | 164,350 | 92 | 1 | 16 | 109 | 0.66 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 1,550 | 3.4 | 9.4 |
| Shoreditch | 37,040 | 14 | - | 5 | 19 | 0.51 | 5 | - | 5 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 266 | 5.2 | 7.2 |
| Stoke Newington | 53,330 | 38 | - | 7 | 45 | 0.84 | 2 | - | 2 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 658 | 4.8 | 12.3 |
| Division 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Bethnal Green | 46,420 | 22 | - | 2 | 24 | 0.52 | 2 | - | 2 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 674 | 2.8 | 14.5 |
| City of London | 4,580 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0.44 | - | - | - | - | 49 | 10.6 | 10.7 | |
| Poplar | 68,530 | 32 | - | 5 | 37 | 0.54 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 564 | 4.1 | 8.2 |
| Stepney | 91,130 | 80 | - | 10 | 90 | 0.99 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 1,260 | 21 | 13.8 |
| Deptford | 68,500 | 62 | - | - | 62 | 0.91 | 2 | - | 2 | 0.03 | 004 | 1,104 | 2.4 | 16.1 |
| Greenwich | 83.630 | 30 | - | 11 | 41 | 0.49 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 821 | 3.5 | 9.8 |
| Woolwich | 149,810 | 47 | - | 6 | 53 | 0.35 | 3 | - | 3 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 1,390 | 3.5 | 9.3 |
| Camberwell | 175.740 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 108 | 0.61 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 766 | 8.3 | 4.4 |
| Lewisham | 223,170 | 126 | 1 | 14 | 141 | 0.63 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 2,070 | 1.4 | 9.3 |
| Bermondsey | 50,340 | 44 | - | 2 | 46 | 0.91 | 7 | - | 7 | 014 | 0.18 | 671 | 1.6 | 13.3 |
| Lambeth | 223.140 | 77 | - | 12 | 89 | 0.40 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 3,478 | 2.6 | 15.6 |
| Southwark | 84,830 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 0.75 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 1,379 | 3.4 | 16.3 |
| Battersea | 102,820 | 59 | - | 8 | 67 | 0.65 | 6 | - | 6 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 806 | 4.7 | 7.8 |
| Wandsworth | 348,450 | 144 | 2 | 18 | 164 | 0.47 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 2,749 | 1.2 | 7.9 |
| LONDON | 3,184,600 | 1,793 | 13 | 219 | 2,025 | 0.64 | 178 | 20 | 198 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 30,603 | 3.0 | 9.6 |
* Cases whose broncho-pulmonary secretion was positive during the year.