Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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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 | |
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 |
1955 | 0.79 | 0.13 | 0.92 | 0.31 | 0.02 | 0.33 |
1956 | 0.90 | 0.09 | 0.99 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.11 |
1957 | 0.70 | 0.07 | 0.77 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.11 |
1958 | 0.71 | 0.09 | 0.80 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.09 |
1959 | 0.78 | 0.11 | 0.89 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.09 |
1960 | 0.81 | 0.05 | 0.86 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.11 |
1961 | 0.64 | 0.02 | 0.66 | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.29 |
1962 | 0.61 | 0.07 | 0.68 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.22 |
The following table gives the age grouping of deaths from tuberculosis:-
Age periods | 0-1 | l - 5 | 5 - 15 | 15 - 25 | 25 - 45 | 45 - 65 | 65 - 75 | 75 and upwards | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary, Males | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
" Females | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | - | 1 | |
Non-pulmonary, Males | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
" Females | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
During the year Public Health Inspectors visited all new cases o-f tuberculosis
notified, and also inspected the homes of all persons discharged from
hospital or removing from another area into this borough.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS 1925-
These regulations prohibit a person suffering from tuberculosis, and who
is in an infectious condition, from following any employment or occupation in
connection with a dairy which would involve the milking of cows, the treatment
of milk, or the handling of vessels used for containing milk. No formal action
was necessary during the year.