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 ward distribution of tuberculosis for the year 1958 is shown below. The figures refer
primary notifications only and do not include cases transferred into the district.
TABLE XV.
WARD | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mill Hill | Burnt Oak | West Hendon | Central | Park | Golders Green | Garden Suburb | Childs Hill | Edgware | TOTAL | |
Respiratory | 15 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 106 |
Non- Respiratory | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22 |
TOTAL | 18 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 128 |
The following table shows the primary notification of tuberculosis, excluding inward transfers,
for the ten-year period 1949—1958.
TABLE XVI.
YEAR | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | TOTAL | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
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 |
1958 | 56 | 50 | 9 | 13 | 128 |
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 Tuberculosis | All forms of Tuberculosis | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 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. |
799 | 646 | 90 | 84 | 889 | 730 |
1,445 | 174 | 1,619 |