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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XX.
Localisation. | Total. | Males. | Females. |
---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | 261 | 138 | 123 |
Brain | 24 | 12 | 12 |
Glands Mesenteric | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Glands Cervical | 2 | — | 2 |
Bones and Joints | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Skin | — | — | — |
General Tuberculosis | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Other Parts | — | — | — |
Total | 310 | 160 | 150 |
The following Table gives figures for the last ten years showing
both the number of deaths and the death rate per 1,000 from
Tuberculosis in the Borough.
It will be seen that the rate, though a little higher than in
1924, is about the average for the ten years.