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 Wood Green]
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Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | .Non-pulmonary . | Pulmonary. | Non -pulmonary. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
5 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
25 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | - | — |
35 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
45 | 11 | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 |
55 | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
65 and upwards | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
Totals | 46 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 |
The number of deaths from Tuberculosis during the year was:—
Pulmonary 35, equal to a rate of .67 per 1,000 of the population;
Non-pulmonary 10, equal to a rate of .19 per 1,000 of the population;
making a total of 45, or a rate of .86 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with a rate of .98 per 1,000 in 1924.
The following table shows the organs affected in the cases of Tuberculosis notified during the year:—
Male. | Female. | |
---|---|---|
Lungs | 39 | 19 |
Abdomen | 1 | 1 |
Cervical Glands | — | 1 |
Hip | 1 | — |
Ileum | — | 1 |
Ileum and Sacrum | — | 1 |
Meninges | 1 | 1 |
Neck | — | 1 |
Peritoneum | 2 | 2 |
Radius | 1 | — |
Shoulder | 2 | — |
Spine | 1 | — |