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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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IV. - TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications - Sixty seven new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and seven of nonpulmonary
tuberculosis were notified during 1951 compared with 61 pulmonary and
8 non-pulmonary notifications in 1950.
The following table gives the age grouping of new cases notified.
| AGE PERIODS | FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS Number of primary notifications of new cases. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 5-10 | 10 - 15 | 15 - 20 | 20 - 25 | 25 - 35 | 35 - 45 | 45 - 55 | 55 - 65 | 65 - 75 | 75 and upwards | Total (all ages) | |
| Pulmonary, Males | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | - | 43 | ||
| „ Females | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 24 | ||
| Non-pulmonary, Males | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | – | – | – | 3 | |
| „ Females | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Total | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 8 | 16 | – | 74 | ||||
The supplementary tables below give the age grouping of oases which came to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notificatio n and the source from which information was obtained.
| AGE PERIODS. | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-2 5 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65-75 | 75 and upwards | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary, Males | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 15 | |
| „ Females | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | - | – | 18 | |
| Non-pulmonary, Males | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | – | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| „ Females | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Source of information | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | ||||||||||||
| Death Returns | 2 | – | _ | ||||||||||||
| Transfers from other areas | 15 | 18 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other sources | - | - | - | – | |||||||||||
| Total | 15 | 18 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||