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 1948-1957.
Year | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | TOTAL | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
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 |
1956 | 60 | 38 | 4 | 12 | 114 |
1957 | 56 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 110 |
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 Tuberculosis. | All forms of Tuberculosis. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total |
8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
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. |
777 | 625 | 87 | 85 | 864 | 710 |
1402 | 172 | 1574 |