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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
Marylebone 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 20.—Tuberculosis : New Cases and Deaths.
| At ages— years | *NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5-15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 15-25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 25-35 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 35-45 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45-55 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 55-65 | 12 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 6 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 36 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| * Including all primary notifications and also any other new cases of tuberculosis which came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year. | ||||||||
TABLE 21.—Tuberculosis: Summary of Register.
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | |||
| (a) | Number of cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the beginning of the year | 497 | 347 | 844 | 28 | 45 | 73 | 917 |
| (b) | Number of cases notified to the Medical Officer of Health under the Regulations for the first time during the year | 22 | 15 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 40 |
| (c) | Number of cases removed from the Register during a preceding year which have been restored to the Register during the year | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| (d) | Number of cases added to the Register during the year which have been brought to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by notification under the Regulations | 14 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| (e) | Number of cases removed from the Register during the year | 89 | 63 | 152 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 189 |
| (f) | Number of cases remaining on the Register at the end of the year | 446 | 308 | 754 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 796 |
TABLE 22.—Food Poisoning—Family and Other Outbreaks.
| Causative Agent | Family Outbreaks | Other Outbreaks | Total number of cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Number of cases | Number | Number of cases | ||||
| Notified | Otherwise ascertained | Notified | Otherwise ascertained | ||||
| Salmonella-type: | |||||||
| Westerstede | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Typhimurium | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | _ | 2 |
| Tenessee | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Causative Agent not identified | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Totals | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |