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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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TUBERCULOSIS. New Cases and Mortality during 1938.
| 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 | - | - | 1 |
| 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | — |
| 15 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 7 | - | 1 |
| 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 3 | 4 | - | — |
| 35 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 45 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| 55 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis
deaths is 18.75 per cent.
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,
1936, Section 172, for the compulsory removal to hospital of
persons suffering from tuberculosis.
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