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 Willesden]
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Table 22
Tuberculosis 1956—1958: Cases by wards
Ward | Pulmonary cases | Non- pulmonary cases | Pulmonary rate per 1,000 | Combined rate per 1,000 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carlton | 48 | 9 | 1.32 | 1.56 |
Kilburn | 41 | 8 | 1.02 | 1.22 |
Brondesbury Park | 17 | 7 | 0.45 | 0.64 |
Kensal Rise | 19 | 4 | 0.56 | 0.67 |
Manor | 29 | 2 | 0.73 | 0.78 |
Harlesden | 36 | 8 | 0.86 | 1.05 |
Stonebridge | 29 | 2 | 0.78 | 0.83 |
Roundwood | 40 | 5 | 1.13 | 1.27 |
Church End | 28 | — | 0.73 | 0.72 |
Willesden Green | 32 | 5 | 0.80 | 0.93 |
Mapesbury | 33 | 6 | 0.87 | 1.03 |
Gladstone | 27 | 2 | 0.78 | 0.84 |
Cricklewood | 20 | 2 | 0.59 | 0.64 |
Brentwater | 24 | 5 | 0.70 | 0.85 |
Whole Borough | 423 | 65 | 0.81 | 0.93 |
Table 23
Tuberculin Testing, 1953-1958
Children under 5 years | School children (5 years) | School leavers | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tested | Positive | % Positive | Tested | Positive | % Positive | Tested | Positive | % Positive | |
1953 | 1,416 | 56 | 40 | 1,018 | 384 | 38.0 | 1,804 | 885 | 49.1 |
1954 | 1,526 | 43 | 2.8 | 938 | 169 | 18.0 | 1,868 | 1,116 | 59.7 |
1955 | 1,308 | 13 | 10 | 1,537 | 32 | 2.1 | 2,041 | 387 | 19.0 |
1956 | 1,333 | 14 | 10 | 1,473 | 56 | 4.0 | 1,759 | 391 | 22.2 |
1957 | 1,295 | 31 | 2.4 | 1,496 | 44 | 2.9 | 1,753 | 348 | 20.0 |
1958 | 989 | 26 | 2.6 | 1,613 | 81 | 5.0 | 2,069 | 403 | 19.0 |
Table 24
Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1958
No. tested and found negative | No. vaccinated | |
---|---|---|
1953 | 587 1(32.5) | 456 †(77.7) |
1954 | 447 (23.9) | 391 (87.5) |
1955 | 1,535 (75.2) | 1,279 (83.3) |
1956 | 1.356 (77) | 1,218 (90) |
1957 | 1,403 (80) | 1,290 (92) |
1958 | 1,645 (80) | 1,527 (93) |
*Percentage of total tested.
†Percentage of negatives vaccinated.