[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tuberculosis. The number of cases on the register at the end of 1945 was 3,986 as compared with 3,936 at the corresponding period of last year, an increase of 50. Statistics.—Notifications.—During the year 579 cases of pulrrionary and 156 non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified making a total of 735 cases of which 397 were males and 338 females. Compared with the previous year this is a decrease of 52 in the pulmonary and one in the non-pulmonary notifications, and compared with the average of the previous five years, a decrease of 25 of pulmonary and six non-pulmonary. The case-rate of pulmonary tuberculosis was 1-28, of non-pulmonary 0-35, and of all forms of the disease 1-63, as compared with 1-40, 0-35 and 1-75 respectively for the previous year. Of the total cases of pulmonary tuberculosis notified 6-6 per cent, were children under 15 years, 21-9 per cent, persons between 15 and 25, and 71-5 per cent, were in the remaining age groups. The corresponding figures for the previous year were 8-i per cent., 27-1 per cent., and 64-8 per cent, respectively. The fall to 21-9 per cent, in the incidence of the disease at the ages 15-25 should be noted. Occasion has been taken in previous reports to call attention to the increase in pulmonary tuberculosis at this age period. The table appended gives the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in adolescents (15-25), male and female, for the last ten years. (War years in heavy type.) Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Age Groups 15-25 Years. Year. Males. Females. Total. Percentage of total notifications. 1936 52 77 129 24'3 1937 54 78 132 24-9 1938 52 76 128 25-0 1939 53 61 114 20-5 1940 54 88 142 25-5 1941 58 81 139 23-2 1942 50 116 166 260 1943 58 82 140 23-5 1944 67 104 171 27 1 1945 39 88 127 21 9