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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
St Pancras 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
Summary of Notifications during the period from lst January, 1916, to the 30 th December, 1916 (inclusive).
| Age Periods. | Number of Notifications on Form A. | Number of Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | Number of Notifications on Form D. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications (i.e.,including cases previously notified by other Doctors). | Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications (i.e,, including cases previously notified by other Doctors). | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | Total. | Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total. | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary—Males | 3 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 76 | 70 | 56 | 31 | 20 | 331 | 381 | — | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 259 | 81 | 142 | 92 | ||
| „ Females | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 55 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 215 | 244 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 65 | 25 | 51 | ||
| Non-pulmonary—Males | — | 16 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 70 | — | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | ||
| „ Females | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 41 | 44 | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 39 | 54 | 42 | 37 | 54 | 138 | 119 | 82 | 45 | 30 | 650 | 739 | — | 16 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 361 | 164 | 184 | 151 | ||
| Age Periods. | Number of Primary Notifications on Form C. included in above. | Number of Primary Notifications on Form D. included in above. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | Total. | 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | Total. | |
| Pulmonary—Males | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 104 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 |
| „ Females | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 44 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 16 |
| Non-pulmonary—Males | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| „ Females | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Totals | — | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 166 | — | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 32 |