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 VIII
LABORATORY WORK
The following table sets out a record of the bacteriological work done during the years:-
Nature of Specimen | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Total | |
Diphtheria - swabs | - | 60 | 60 |
Scarlet Fever Contacts - swabs | - | 22 | 22 |
Faces etc | 7 | 53 | 60 |
Sputa | - | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 7 | 136 | 143 |
TABLE IX TUBERCULOSIS - 1952
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 | 4 | - | - | - | — | - | - | - |
5-15 " | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | — | — | - |
15 - 25 " | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
25 - 35 " | 20 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
35 - 45 " | 7 | 8 | - | 1 | — | — | - | 1 |
45 - 55 " | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
55 - 65 " | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
65 yrs and over | 5 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
Totals | 58 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | - | 2 |
Of the 15 recorded deaths, 13 were previously notified as
cases of Tuberculosis, 2 had not been so notified. In addition, 4
patients already notified as tuberculous died from other causes.
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