London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Walthamstow 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TUBERCULOSIS—NOTIFICATION AND DEATH RATES
The following graph shows the trend of notifications of tuberculosis
since 1930, and of deaths from tuberculosis. The fall in the latter results in
the survival (and increased longevity due to new methods of treatment) of
many infective patients, i.e., an increase in the infecting pool.
Notifications of tuberculosis (all forms) in persons of all ages are shown
in black, and deaths from tuberculosis (all forms) in persons of all ages
are shown in red.