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 show the prevalence of tuberculosis in Shoreditch during recent years:—
Year. | Total Number Primary Notifications. | Notifications per 1,000 Inhabitants. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | All forms. | ||
1929 | 251 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
1930 | 217 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
1931 | 200 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
1932 | 148 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
1933 | 187 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in Shoreditch during 1933 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- | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
1- | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... |
5- | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
10- | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
15- | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... |
20- | 14 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ... | ... |
25- | 22 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | ... |
35- | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ... | ... |
45- | 19 | 7 | 1 | ... | 14 | 5 | 1 | ... |
55- | 12 | 2 | 1 | ... | 6 | 3 | ... | ... |
65 and upwards | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 94 | 87 | 28 | 11 | 50 | 38 | 8 | 2 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis deaths
for the year 1933 was 1 to 12.5.
No case came to notice in which it was necessary to advise that an individual
suffering from tuberculosis should be required to discontinue his
employment in the milk trade as provided for in the Public Health (Prevention
of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.