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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE IX
LABORATORY WORK
The following table sets out a record of the bacteriological work during the year 1950:-
| Nature of Specimen | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Total | |
| Diphtheria - swabs | 200 | 200 | |
| Tuberculosis - sputa | 5 | 5 | |
| Scarlet Fever Contacts - swabs | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| Faeces etc. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Totals | 3 | 229 | 232 |
TABLE X TUBERCULOSIS - 1950
| Age Groups | New Gases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Nonrespiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Under 1 year | 1 | - | - | |||||
| 1-5 years | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 5-15 years | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | |||
| 15-25 years | 10 | 13 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| 25-35 years | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | |
| 35-45 years | 11 | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | - | ||
| 45-55 years | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 55-65 years | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 65 yrs and over | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | — | - | ||
| Totals | 59 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
Of the 34 recorded deaths, 28 were previously notified as cases
of Tuberculosis, 6 had not been so notified.
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