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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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From the point of view of age grouping it is found that 6.3 per cent. of the
total notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis which were received were in respect of
children under 15 years and 93.7 per cent. were in respect of persons over 15 years,
the corresponding figures for 1935 being 11.1 percent. and 88.9 per cent. respectively.
As regards non-pulmonary tuberculosis 50.0 per cent. were children under 15 years
and 50.0 per cent. were individuals over 15 years. The corresponding figures for the
previous year were 55.6 per cent. and 44.4 per cent., respectively.
The following table gives details regarding the ages of notification of pulmonary and non-pulmonary cases respectively:—
| Age periods | FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis. | Total Notifications | ||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total (all ages) | ||
| Pulmonary, males | — | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | 6 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 84 | |
| „ females | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 64 |
| Non-pulmonary, males | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 13 |
| ,, females | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 10 |
The supplementary table gives the age grouping of cases of tuberculosis which came to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health, otherwise than by formal notifications, during the year 1936:—
| Age periods | 0 to l | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total (all ages) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary, males | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 11 |
| „ females | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| Non-pulmonary, males | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| „ females | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 |