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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
West Ham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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The incidence of notifications, and of the deaths from tuberculosis in the Borough
over the past 11 years can be compared from the figures given below. The rates per 1,000
of the population in each case are also shown.
(a) notifications of Tuberculosis.
| Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Number | Rate per 1,000 population | Number | Rate per 1,000 population |
| 1945 | 178 | 1.32 | 34 | 0.25 |
| 1946 | 178 | 1.09 | 23 | 0.14 |
| 1947 | 167 | 0.97 | 24 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 192 | 1.10 | 36 | 0.21 |
| 1949 | 173 | 0.99 | 36 | 0.21 |
| 1950 | 158 | 0.91 | 20 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 192 | 1.13 | 18 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 130 | 0.76 | 19 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 199 | 1.18 | 18 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 167 | 0.99 | 22 | 0.13 |
| 1955 | 145 | 0.86 | 7 | 0.04 |
| (b) Deaths from Tuberculosis. | ||||
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||
| Year | Number | Rate per 1,000 population | Number | Rate per 1,000 population |
| 1945 | 107 | 0.79 | 15 | 0.11 |
| 1946 | 122 | 0.74 | 10 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 109 | 0.63 | 13 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 95 | 0.55 | 11 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 85 | 0.49 | 10 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 68 | 0.39 | 6 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 50 | 0.29 | 8 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 39 | 0.23 | 5 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 34 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 27 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.006 |
| 1955 | 29 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.006 |