Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis.—Two hundred cases of Tuberculosis were
reported during the year, one hundred and sixty-nine of
which were Pulmonary and thirty-one being other forms
of Tuberculosis, against one hundred and ninety-nine cases
in the previous year.
PART 1. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1942, to the 31st December, 1942.
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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 95 |
Pulmonary Females | — | — | — | 1 | 14 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 74 |
Non-Pulmonary Males | — | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 17 | |
Non-Pulmonary Females | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 14 |
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 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 49 |
Pulmonary Females | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | 9 | — | 5 | — | — | 25 |
Non-Pulmonary Males | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 |
Non-Pulmonary Females | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 8 |