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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
Stepney 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 13.
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TUBERCULOSIS-New Cases and Deaths.
New Cases. 249 Pulmonary cases notified included 173 Primary
Notifications, 15 from death returns, 57
transfers, 1 posthumous notification and 3 from
other sources.
21 Non-Pulmonary cases notified included 16
Primary Notifications and 5 transfers.
Deaths(*). 48 Pulmonary; 3 Non-Pulmonary.
Age Distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows:-
| 1 | l | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 75 | Total (all ages) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) New Cases. Pulmonary | M | 1 | l | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 43 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 174 |
| F | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | IB | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 75 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | M | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 |
| F | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | l | 1 | 2 | 2 | l | - | - | - | 10 | |
| (b) Deaths(*) Pulmonary | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 35 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | l | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| F | - | - | -r | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
(*) Compiled from local death returns.
Table 14.
TUBERCULOSIS-Variations in Register.
| Pulmonary | Non Pulmonary | Total Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| (a) Cases on Register at 1/1/51 | 545 | 385 | 98 | 81 | 1109 |
| (b) New cases notified | 115 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 189 |
| (c) Cases restored to Register | 16 | 2 | - | - | 18 |
| (d) Other cases added | 43 | 15 | - | 5 | 63 |
| (e) Removals | 105 | 57 | 4 | 9 | 175 |
| (f) Cases remaining on Register tat 31/12/51 | 614 | 404 | 105 | 81 | 1204 |