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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 1954
[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 | — | — | — | — |
| Recovery from disease | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Death | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Otherwise (e.g.removal from district) | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 37 | 37 | 8 | 6 |
Revision of Notification Register -
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| No. of cases on Register at 31st December, 1953 | 409 | 340 | 123 | 92 | 964 |
| No. added during year | 37 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 75 |
| No. removed during year | 37 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 88 |
| No. of cases on Register at 31st December, 1954 | 409 | 335 | 116 | 91 | 951 |
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 Forms | |
| 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 |
| 1952 | 1.22 | 0.13 | 1.35 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.30 |
| 1953 | 1.20 | 0.11 | 1.31 | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.28 |
| 1954 | 0.94 | 0.11 | 1.05 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.26 |