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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
Hayes and Harlington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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ANALYSIS OF THE TOTAL CASES.
| Disease. | At Ages. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 and over | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 65 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | - |
| Erysipelas | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | - |
| Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
TUBERCULOSIS.
New Cases and Mortality during 1934.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 5 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| 25 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 35 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 45 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 55 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Total | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total
tuberculosis deaths is 30 per cent. ; of these 28 per cent,
are non-respiratory.
No action has been taken under the Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925 relating to
tuberculous employees in the milk trade, nor under the
Public Health Act, 1925, Section 62, for the compulsory
removal to hospital of persons suffering from tuberculosis.
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