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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TABLE IX
LABORATORY WORK
The following table sets out a record of the bacteriological work done during the year 1951:-
ature of Specimen | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Total | |
Diphtheria - swabs | 17 | 17 | |
Scarlet Fever Contacts - swabs | 1 | 17 | 18 |
Faeces etc. | 17 | 36 | 53 |
Totals | 18 | 70 | 88 |
TABLE X
TUBERCULOSIS - 1951
Age Groups | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1-5 years | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
5-15 „ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
15-25 „ | 5 | 11 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
25-35 | 14 | 12 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
35 - 45 „ | 9 | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
45 - 55 „ | 6 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
55 - 65 „ | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
65 yrs and over | 4 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - |
Totals | 49 | 44 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | - | 1 |
of the 25 recorded, deaths, 14 were previously notified as cases
of Tuberculosis, 11 had not been so notified. In addition. 4 patients
already notified as tuberculous died from other causes.
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