Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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The following table shows the position with regard to tuberculosis, with comparative figures since 1942 (as corrected by Inward and Outward Transfers).
Year Ended | Population | Notifications | Number of Cases on Register | |||||||
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Pulm. | Non-Pulm. | Pulm. | Non-Pulm. | Total | Number of yearly increase | Number per 1,000 pop. | ||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||
Dec. 1942 | 60,400 | 73 | 12 | 191 | 128 | 54 | 43 | 416 | 19 | 6.8 |
1943 | 60,130 | 77 | 15 | 200 | 140 | 51 | 45 | 436 | 20 | 7.1 |
1944 | 57,470 | 81 | 6 | 194 | 177 | 51 | 42 | 464 | 28 | 8.9 |
1945 | 59,170 | 58 | 13 | 201 | 194 | 56 | 47 | 498 | 34 | 8.4 |
1946 | 67,870 | 78 | 15 | 231 | 217 | 61 | 51 | 560 | 62 | 8.2 |
1947 | 70,580 | 81 | 3 | 253 | 241 | 58 | 51 | 603 | 43 | 8.5 |
1948 | 72,750 | 114 | 5 | 308 | 301 | 60 | 51 | 720 | 117 | 9.8 |
1949 | 73,510 | 86 | 9 | 399 | 395 | 64 | 55 | 913 | 193 | 12.4 |
1950 | 80,040 | 94 | 5 | 583 | 587 | 73 | 66 | 1,309 | 396 | 16.3 |
1951 | 85,150 | 89 | 9 | 590 | 602 | 56 | 59 | 1,307 | (minus 2) | 15.3 |
1952 | 85,130 | 72 | 6 | 635 | 629 | 59 | 62 | 1,385 | 78 | 16.3 |
1953 | 85,290 | 75 | 3 | 664 | 663 | 61 | 61 | 1,449 | 78 | 15.8 |
1954 | 85,830 | 77 | 9 | 702 | 673 | 67 | 65 | 1,507 | 58 | 17.6 |
1955 | 86,870 | 74 | 1 | 744 | 714 | 65 | 65 | 1,588 | 81 | 18.3 |