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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 16.
TUBERCULOSIS - New Cases and Deaths
New Cases. 169 Pulmonary cases wore notified and included
160 primary notifications md 9 from death returns.
24 Non-Pulmonary cases were notified and included
23 primary notifications and 1 from death returns.
Deaths.(*) 28 Pulmonary, 6 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 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 108 |
| F | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 61 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | M | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | — | 16 |
| F | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | |
| (b) Deaths (* | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| F | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | 1 | - | - | 3 | |
(* Compiled from local death returns. (Registrar-General's
return shows 30 Pulmonary and 6 Non-Pulmonary deaths.)
Table 17.
TUBERCULOSIS - Variations in Register
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | F | |||
| (a) Cases on Register at 1/1/54 | 599 | 369 | 87 | 82 | 1137 |
| (b) New cases notified | 98 | 60 | 15 | 7 | 180 |
| (c) Cases restored to Register | 19 | 8 | - | 3 | 30 |
| (d) Other cases added | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
| (e) Removals | 120 | 60 | 13 | 16 | 209 |
| (f) Cases remaining on Register at 31/12/54 | 618 | 391 | 92 | 77 | 1178 |