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 Wimbledon]
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TUBERCULOSIS
Eighty cases of tuberculosis were notified. This figure shows
a decrease of throe on the number for the previous year.
There were thirty-two deaths from tuberculosis in 1942, the same
figure as in the previous year.
Thirty of these were due to pulmonary tuberculosis.
During 1942, fifty-seven Wimbledon patients were admitted to sanatoria or hospitals.
TUBERCULOSIS - 1942.
AGE GROUPS | NEW CASES . | 1 DEATHS 1 1 | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary Notifications (Form A) | Now cases discover ed otherwise than by notification | Total Now CasoS | ||||||||||||||
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonar | Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonary | |||||||||
Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1-5 years | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
5 -10 " | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
10-15 " | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
15-20 " | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | l | - | - | 2 | - | - |
20-25 " | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | 7 | l | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | |
25-35 " | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | 10 | I 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
35-45 " | 7 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 8 | 4 | v | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
45-55 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | |
55-55 " | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
65 and over | 1 . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
32 | 21 | 9 | 4. | 2 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | ||
53 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 64 | _ 15 | 30 | ||||||||||
66 | 14 | 80 | 32 |