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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
Harrow 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications.
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notification. | Brought to notice other than by Form A. | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 5—9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10—14 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - |
| 15—19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | — | — | - | — | 3 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 20—24 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | - | — | — | - | - | 4 | - | 1 |
| 25—34 | 35 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 35—44 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | - | — | — | 8 | 3 | - | - | |
| 45—54 | 13 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | — | - | 11 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 55—64 | 6 | 4 | - | 1 | - | _ | - | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 65 & | ||||||||||||
| upwards. | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 106 | 100 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 36 | 24 | 10 | 7 |
During the year 210 pulmonary cases (109 male and 101 female)
were added to the register. Of this number 38 males and 41 females
had previously been notified in other districts as suffering from this
disease before they removed here. In addition there were 6 unnotified
pulmonary cases (3 male and 3 female), who died unnotified
in hospitals outside this district.
40 cases (19 male and 21 female) of non-pulmonary disease
were made known during the year. Of these, 12 (7 male and 5 female)
were known to have been notified as suffering from the disease
before they moved into this district. Of those who contracted
infection while resident here, 9 suffered from disease of bones and
joints, 5 from tuberculosis of cervical glands, 4 from abdominal
and 3 from genito-urinary tuberculosis. In addition, there were
7 cases, 5 of whom were male, who were not notified during life
as having suffered from this disease but in whom tuberculosis
appeared on the register as the cause of death, six being due to
meningitis.