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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
New cases and Mortality during 1941.
| Age Periods. | New Cases | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory I | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | ||
| 15 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
| 25 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 9 | — | ||
| 35 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 45 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | ||||
| 55 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | |||
| 65 and upwards. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total. | 31 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 3 | |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total
tuberculosis, deaths is 11.1 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.
(October, 1942).