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 Edmonton]
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The non-respiratory forms of tuberculosis notified were:—
Males | Females | |
---|---|---|
Other bones and joints | — | 2 |
Glands | 1 | 7 |
Kidney | — | 1 |
Genito-Urinary System | 1 | — |
Meninges | — | 1 |
Rectum | — | 1 |
The number of cases of tuberculosis on the Register at the end of 1955 was:—
Males | Females | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary forms | 642 | 502 | 1,144 |
Non-pulmonary forms | 64 | 97 | 161 |
706 | 599 | 1,305 |
The corresponding figures at the end of 1954 were:
Males | Females | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary forms | 627 | 512 | 1,139 |
Non-pulmonary forms | 74 | 96 | 170 |
701 | 608 | 1,309 |
Corresponding figures for previous years were: —
Males | Females | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
1953 | 668 | 598 | 1,266 |
1952 | 635 | 567 | 1,202 |
1951 | 570 | 536 | 1,106 |
1950 | 519 | 498 | 1,017 |
1949 | 509 | 468 | 977 |
1948 | 500 | 452 | 952 |
1947 | 442 | 405 | 847 |
1946 | 417 | 375 | 792 |
1945 | 389 | 332 | 721 |
1944 | 370 | 319 | 689 |
1943 | 411 | 355 | 766 |
1942 | 348 | 304 | 652 |
1941 | 355 | 293 | 648 |
1940 | 349 | 313 | 662 |
1939 | 357 | 301 | 658 |
1938 | 363 | 297 | 660 |
1937 | 336 | 260 | 596 |
1936 | 315 | 252 | 567 |
1935 | 330 | 265 | 595 |