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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
Brent 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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TUBERCULOSIS: NOTIFIED CASES AND DEATHS
| Year | Population | New Cases | Deaths | Cases on Register | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | Pulmonary | Other Tuberculosis including late effects | All forms | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | ||
| 1965 | 294,850 | 107 | 27 | 134 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2,169 | 354 | 2,523 |
| 1966 | 294,450 | 75 | 36 | 111 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2,221 | 390 | 2,611 |
| 1967 | 293,370 | 60 | 15 | 75 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2,128 | 389 | 2,517 |
| 1968 | 284,460 | 51 | 37 | 88 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1,941 | 411 | 2,352 |
Table 16
TUBERCULOSIS: CASE RATE AND DEATH RATE
| Year | Population | New Cases Rate per 100,000 Population | Deaths Rate per 100,000 Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | Pulmonary | Other Tuberculosis including late effects | All forms | ||
| 1965 | 294,850 | 36 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1966 | 294,450 | 25 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1967 | 293,370 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1968 | 284,460 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Table 17 VENEREAL DISEASE
| Treatment Centre | Number of new cases in 1968 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals all Venereal Conditions | Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other Venereal Conditions | ||
| Primary and Secondary | Other | ||||
| St. Thomas' Hospital, S.E.1 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 40 |
| Whitechapel Clinic, E.1 | 57 | — | — | 13 | 44 |
| Central Middlesex Hospital, N.W.10 | 1.131 | 5 | 57 | 231 | 838 |
| Westminster Hospital, S.W.1 | 29 | 1 | — | 7 | 21 |
| St. Mary's Hospital, W.2 | 892 | 11 | 10 | 222 | 649 |
| Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| TOTALS | 2,162 | 18 | 68 | 483 | 1,593 |