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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TUBERCULOSIS
Notifications - Fourteen cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and five of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during 1964 compared with 13 pulmonary and 4 non-pulmonary notifications in 1963. 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 | - | v | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | v | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 10 |
| Females | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Non pulmonary Males | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Females | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
The following table gives the number of cases which came to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification, and the source from which information was obtained -
| Source of information | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | |
| Death Returns | 1 | - | - | |
| Transfers from other areas | 11 | 4 | - | - |
| Other sources | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 12 | 4 | - | - |
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 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | |
| Death | 12 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| Otherwise (e. g removal from district) | 29 | 23 | 13 | 8 | |
| Total | 62 | 40 | 22 | 10 | |
Revision of Notification Register:-
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| No. of cases on Register at 31st December 1963 | 202 | 171 | 56 | 23 | 452 |
| No. added during year | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 35 |
| No. removed during year | 62 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 134 |
| No. of cases on Register at 3lst December, 1964 | 162 | 139 | 36 | 16 | 353 |