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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
Feltham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum
| Notified | — |
| Cases treated at home | — |
| Cases treated in hospital | — |
| Vision unimpaired | — |
| Total blindness | — |
| Death | — |
Tuberculosis
| New Cases | Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Periods | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | ||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 yr. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1—5 yrs. | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5—15 „ | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15—25 „ | 16 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 25-35 „ | 9 | 11 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 35—15 „ | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | – | — |
| 45—65 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Over 65 „ | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Total | 50 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis
Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis have increased,
the figures being 83 for 1952 and 38 for 1951,
deaths from this cause show a decrease, the figure being
4 as compared with 18. It must be remembered that
a number of these new cases are mild ones which have
been detected at an early stage by the use of mass
radiography.
The Mass X-ray unit of the North West Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board paid further visits to the district
in March when 1,596 people attended, resulting in
further investigations in 13 cases, and again in July,
when 2,737 people employed at London Airport attended,
many of whom would live in this area