Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1919 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following cases, notified prior to 1919, were also removed.
To Sanatoria (insured) | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. |
---|---|---|
16 | l | |
To Sanatoria (non-insured) | 9 | — |
To Hospitals | 10 | 3 |
To Infirmaries | 5 | — |
To Nursing or other Homes | 3 | 1 |
43 | 5 |
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
The number of deaths from Tuberculosis in 1919 was 72. Of
these 56 were due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 3 to Tubercular Meningitis,
and 13 to other forms of Tuberculosis.
The following table shows the age distribution of patients dying from Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Hampstead since 1903:—
Year. | Age Period. | All Ages. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—65 | 65— | ||
1903 | 1 | 14 | 46 | 5 | 66 | |
1904 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 53 | 3 | 73 |
1905 | 1 | — | 12 | 57 | 3 | 73 |
1906 | 1 | — | 8 | 45 | 3 | 57 |
1907 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 3 | 61 |
1908 | — | 2 | 14 | 55 | 3 | 74 |
1909 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 53 |
1910 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 7 | 58 |
1911 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 56 |
1912 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 64 |
1913 | — | 1 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 49 |
1914 | — | 2 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 57 |
1915 | — | 1 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 48 |
1916 | — | 4 | 11 | 37 | 3 | 55 |
1917 | — | — | 21 | 47 | 1 | 69 |
1918 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 59 | 3 | 75 |
1919 | - | 1 | 13 | 39 | 3 | 56 |
Totals | 10 | 21 | 192 | 764 | 57 | 1044 |
The deaths from all forms of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis in 1919
were distributed in age periods as follows:—0-5, 2; 5-15, 2; 15-25,
2; 25-65, 9; 65 and upwards, 1.