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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 17
TUBERCULOSIS - New Cases and Deaths
New Cases. 182 Pulmonary case's notified included 167
Primary Notifications, 12 from death returns and
3 posthumous notifications.
14, on-Pulmonary cases notified included 13
Primary Notifications and 1 from death returns.
Deaths.(*) 41 Pulmonary, 2 Non-Pulmonary.
Age Distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows:-
| -1 | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total (all ages) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) New Cases Pulmonary | M | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 114 |
| F | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 68 | |
| Non-Pulmonary. | M | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 9 |
| F | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | |
| (b) Deaths (*) Pulmonary | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 32 |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 9 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | |
(*) Compiled from local-death returns. (Registrar-General's
return shows 39 Pulmonary and 4 Non-Pulmonary deaths).
Table 18
TUBERCULOSIS - Variations in Register
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| (a) Cases on Register at 1/1/53 | 549 | 329 | 86 | 82 | 104.6 |
| (b) New cases notified | 95 | 63 | 9 | 7 | 174 |
| (c) Cases restored to Register | 7 | 2 | — | — | 9 |
| (d) Other cases added | 23 | — | 2 | 62 | |
| (e) Removals | 89 | 48 | 8 | 9 | 154 |
| (f) Cases remaining on Register at 31/12/53 | 599 | 369 | 87 | 82 | 1137 |