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 Brentford and Chiswick]
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-16a-
E.- TUBERCULOSIS
Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
1 to 5 years | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
5 to 15 years | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 |
15 to 25 years | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
25 to 35 years | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - |
35 to 45 year6 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | - |
45 to 55 years | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - |
55 to 65 years | 7 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | |||
65 and over | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
TOTALS | 27 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
(b) Laboratory Work .
The following Table sets out a record of the bacteriological work during the year, all of which was carried out in the Council's Laboratory: -
Suspected Disease | Result | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | ||
Diphtheria | 15 | 209 | 224 |
Tuberculosis | 6 | 134 | |
Other Diseases | 4 | 5 |