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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Ninety-one deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis were
registered, against eighty-nine in the previous year, representing
a death-rate of 1.0 per 1,000 compared with 1.0 in
1941 and 1.1 in 1940. ,
Figures for the years 1926-42, showing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous persons are as under:—
| 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. | 1938. | 1939. | 1940. | 1941. | 1942. | |
| 1. Total number of deaths from Tuberculosis in the Borough | 142 | 181 | 135 | 149 | 153 | 127 | 156 | 150 | 124 | 119 | 116 | 106 | 87 | 107 | 118 | 103 | 104 |
| 2. The number of cases notified at death | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 22 | |
| 3. The number of cases notified within one month of death (excluding above) | 30 | 25 | 17 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 16 |
| 4. The number of oases notified within three months of death (excluding above) | 20 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| 5. The number of cases notified within six months of death (excluding above) | 12 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 11. | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years 1923-1982
(inclusive) = 259.
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years 1933-1942
(inclusive) = 196.
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1923-1932
(inclusive) = 150.
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1933-1942
(inclusive) = 113.