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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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The following table has been prepared, giving particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from tuberculosis during 1947:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0- | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1- | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – |
| 5- | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 15- | 42 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| 25- | 50 | 39 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 35- | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 45- | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 5 | – |
| 55- | 20 | 2 | – | – | ||||
| 65 and on | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | – |
| Total | 170 | 105 | 19 | 15 | 49 | 27 | 10 | 4 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to the total
tuberculosis deaths is 1 to 4.5.
INFANT MORTALITY, 1946. Infantile Mortality during the year 1946. Nett deaths at various ages under one year of age.
| Under 1 week | 42 |
| 1-2 weeks | 11 |
| 2-3 weeks | 4 |
| 3-4 weeks | 3 |
| 4 weeks and under 3 months | 13 |
| 3 months and under 6 months | 13 |
| 6 months and under 9 months | 12 |
| 9 months and under 1 year | 5 |
| Total deaths under 1 year | 103 |