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 Shoreditch]
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The following- comparative figures for recent years show that tuberculosis is becoming less prevalent in Shoreditch :—
| Year. | Total Number Primary Notifications. | Notifications per 1,000 Inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | All forms. | ||
| 1920 | 303 | 2-8 | 0-2 | an |
| 1921 | 265 | 2-1 | 0-4 | 2-5 |
| 1922 | 287 | 2-1 | 0-6 | 2-7 |
| 1923 | 259 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-4 |
| 1924 | 266 | 2-0 | 0-4 | 2-4 |
| 1925 | 303 | 2-2 | 0-7 | 2-9 |
| 1926 | 287 | 21 | 0-6 | 2-7 |
| 1927 | 238 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 2-3 |
| 1928 | 257 | 20 | 0-6 | 2-6 |
| 1929 | 251 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 2-6 |
| 1930 | 217 | 1-8 | 0-4 | 2-2 |
| 1931 | 200 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 21 |
| 1932 | 148 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 1-6 |
Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in Shoreditch during 1932 are given in the following table :_
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0- ...... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| 1- ...... 5- ...... | 1 4 | ... 1 | 7 6 | 3 9 | ... 2 | ... | 2 1 | 3 2 |
| 10- ...... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| 15- ...... | 8 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 20- ...... | 11 | 13 | ... | 1 | 6 | 5 | ... | ... |
| 25- ...... | 25 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 35- ...... | 10 | 9 | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | ... | ... |
| 45- ...... | 17 | 4 | ... | 2 | 12 | 4 | ... | ... |
| 55- ... | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | ... |
| 65 and upwards | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 90 | 59 | 22 | 21 | 50 | 29 | 7 | 10 |