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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
Hammersmith 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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41
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis.—One hundred and ninety-nine cases of
Tuberculosis were reported during the year, one hundred
and sixty of which were Pulmonary and thirty-nine being
other forms of Tuberculosis, against one hundred and
sixty-seven cases in the previous year.
PART 1. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1941, to the 31st December, 1941.
| Age Periods | Formal Notifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total (all ages | |
| Pulmonary Males | — | — | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 96 |
| Pulmonary Females | — | 1 | — | 1 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 64 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Non-Pulmonary Females | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 20 |
PART II. Supplemental Return. New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.
| Age Periods | 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Males | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| Pulmonary Females | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Non-Pulmonary Females | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |