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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

Hampstead 1918

Report for the year 1918 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: In the following table these 361 cases have been analysed as to sex and age, and it will be noticed that 51'8 per cent. were aged between 25 and 45.

In the following table these 361 cases have been analysed as to sex and age, and it will be noticed that 51'8 per cent. were aged between 25 and 45.

0—1.1—5.5—10.10—15.15—20.2.-25.25—15.35--45.45—55-55- 65.Over 65.Total.
Pulmonarymales...-174714464818153163
,,females...—-648141034175—128
N on- Pulmonarymales...11871_54_2—29
,,females...1556645512141
2726212232969136244361

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Of the cases newly notified during 1918, 13 were of persons
already dead or dying, and in 25 other cases the patients did not
survive the year under review. Of the total new cases in 1918 the
number who have attended the Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary
is 170.

Table: The number of cases notified in 1918 and previous years are as follows :—

The number of cases notified in 1918 and previous years are as follows :—

Year.Persons newly notified.Total.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Voluntarily notifiable 1902; Compulsorily notifiable 1912.Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Notifiable from 1st Feb-ruary, 1913).
190251-51
190334—34
190439—39
190527—27
190635—35
190755—55
190830—30
190967—67
191077—77
1911113—113
1912183—183
191324456300
191414230172
191517248220
191619351244
191725652308
191829170261

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The total number of cases of Tuberculosis known to the Department
at the close of 1918 was 996.