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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
Battersea 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non- Respiratory. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | |
| 0 — | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1 — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 5 — | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | - | — | - | - | - |
| 15 — | 13 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 20 — | 14 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | - | - | - |
| 25 — | 28 | 25 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 35 — | 25 | 11 | 36 | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | — | — | — |
| 45 — | 10 | 6 | 16 | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | — | — | — |
| 55 — | 21 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 6 | 5 | 11 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 120 | 93 | 213 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 52 | 36 | 88 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
Deaths from non-respiratory forms of tuberculosis formed
12.9 per cent. of the total deaths from the disease.
In the tables on pages 140 to 142 is shown the information
required by the Ministry of Health in regard to notifications.
The localisation of the disease in the 247 new cases was as under:—
| Pulmonary | 213 |
| Non-Pulmonary— | |
| Bones and joints | 14 |
| Abdomen | 2 |
| Other organs | 13 |
| Peripheral glands | 5 |
| 34 |
Non-Notification of Tuberculosis. The following table gives particulars in regard to non-notification of Tuberculosis for the 10 years 1929-1938.
| Year. | Not notified (dead). | Notified after Death. | Notified on Form i. & ii. (Primary Notification not received). | Reported from other sources | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 34 |
| 1930 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| 1931 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 40 |
| 1932 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 55 |
| 1933 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 37 |
| 1934 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 33 |
| 1935 | 8 | 19 | — | 7 | 34 |
| 1936 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| 1937 | 9 | 8 | — | 4 | 21 |
| 1938 | 15 | 9 | - | 3 | 27 |