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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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Details of cases removed from Register during the year
| Reason for removal | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | |
| Withdrawal of notification | 2 | – | – | – |
| Recovery from disease | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Death | 16 | 6 | 2 | – |
| Otherwise (e.g. removal from district) | 21 | 29 | 6 | 4 |
| Total | 47 | 44 | 9 | 6 |
Revision of Notification Register -
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| No. of cases on Register at 31st December, 1950 | 408 | 347 | 128 | 97 | 980 |
| No. added during year | 58 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 110 |
| No. removed during year | 47 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 106 |
| No. of cases on Register at 31st December, 1951 | 419 | 345 | 124 | 96 | 984 |
The following table shows the incidence of cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from that disease for the last twelve years
| Year | Notification rate per 1,000 population. | Death rate per 1,000 population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | All forms | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | All f orrns | |
| 1940 | 1.63 | 0.28 | 1.91 | 1.37 | 0 17 | 1.54 |
| 1941 | 2.67 | 0.36 | 3. 03 | 1.98 | 0.19 | 2.17 |
| 1942 | 1.66 | 0.57 | 2.23 | 1.34 | 0.06 | 1.40 |
| 1943 | 2.31 | 0.39 | 2.71 | 1.30 | 0.17 | 1.47 |
| 1944 | 2.12 | 0.23 | 2.35 | 0.76 | 0.09 | 0.85 |
| 1945 | 1.74 | 0.38 | 2.12 | 0.95 | 0.14 | 1.09 |
| 1946 | 1.83 | 0.24 | 2.07 | 0.92 | 0.09 | 1.01 |
| 1947 | 1.55 | 0.22 | 1.77 | 0.67 | 0.07 | 0.74 |
| 1948 | 1.62 | 0.18 | 1.80 | 0.77 | 0.07 | 0.84 |
| 1949 | 1.28 | 0.29 | 1.57 | 0.73 | 0.11 | 0.84 |
| 1950 | 1.36 | 0.18 | 1.54 | 0.38 | 0.07 | 0.45 |
| 1951 | 1.48 | 0.16 | 1.64 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.35 |