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 Hendon]
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The following table shows the primary notification of tuberculosis, excluding
inward transfers, for the ten year period 1946-1955.
table xvi.
Table XVI.
| Year | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 1946 | 84 | 65 | 14 | 12 | 175 |
| 1947 | 109 | 80 | 7 | 10 | 206 |
| 1948 | 84 | 86 | 13 | 10 | 193 |
| 1949 | 112 | 81 | 16 | 10 | 219 |
| 1950 | 81 | 71 | 8 | 11 | 171 |
| 1951 | 81 | 52 | 12 | 11 | 156 |
| 1952 | 82 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 146 |
| 1953 | 71 | 51 | 6 | 8 | 136 |
| 1954 | 62 | 47 | 2 | 14 | 125 |
| 1955 | 58 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 110 |
Deaths.
According to the figures supplied by the Registrar-General the following deaths occurred from tuberculosis during the year.
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System. | Other Forms of of Tuberculosis. | All forms of Tuberculosis. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | _ | - | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
The number of cases of tuberculosis remaining on the Register at the end of the year is as follows:-
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| 747 | 605 | 88 | 88 | 835 | 693 | |||
| 1,352 | 176 | 1,528 | ||||||