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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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16.
Details of oases removed from Register during the year-
| Reason for removal | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Withdrawal of notification | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Recovery from disease | 7 | ||||
| Death | 10 | ||||
| Otherwise (e.g. removal from district) | 19 | 1 | |||
| Total | 37 | 33 | 5 | ||
The following table shows the incidence of oases of tuberculosis and of
deaths from that disease for the last twelve years
Revision of Notification Register -
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| No. of oases on Register at 31st December, 1952 | 402 | 328 | 123 | 94 | 947 |
| No. added during year | 44 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 98 |
| No. removed during year | 37 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 81 |
| No. of cases on Register at 31st Deoember, 1953 | 409 | 340 | 123 | 92 | 964 |
The following table shows the incidence of oases 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 Forma | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | All Forms | |
| 1942 | 0.57 | 2.23 | 1.34 | 1.40 | ||
| 1943 | 2.31 | 0.39 | 2.71 | 1.30 | 0.17 | 1.47 |
| 1944 | 0.23 | 2.35 | 0.76 | 0.09 | 0.85 | |
| 1945 | 1.74 | 0.38 | 0.95 | 0.14 | 1.09 | |
| 1946 | 1.83 | 0.24 | 2.07 | 0.92 | 0.09 | |
| 1947 | 1.55 | 1.77 | 0.67 | 0.07 | 0.74 | |
| 1948 | 0.77 | 0.07 | 0.84 | |||
| 1949 | 0.29 | 1.57 | 0.73 | 0.84 | ||
| 1950 | 1.36 | 1.54 | 0.38 | 0.07 | 0.45 | |
| 1951 | 1.48 | 1.64 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.35 | |
| 1952 | 0.13 | 1.35 | 0.30 | |||
| 1953 | 1.31 | 0.24 | 0.04 | |||