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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
Richmond upon Thames 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Notifications of Tuberculosis received
during: the Year 1913.
73 Notifications of Tuberculosis were received during the
year, viz.:
61 Notifications of Pulmonary tuberculosis (39 males and 22
females), and
12 Notifications of Non-Pulmonary tuberculosis (4 males and 8
females).
150 Visits were made to the homes of Tubercular patients
during the year.
The following table shows the age periods, etc., of the cases notified :
| Disease. | Cases Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Ward. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | Total | |||||||||||||
| 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up'rds | North. | South. | East. | West. | North Sheen. | Kew. | Total. | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | … | 7 | 14 | 30 | 10 | … | 61 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 8 | … | 61 |
| Non-Pulm'y. Tuberculosis | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | … | 1 | 12 |
| Totals | 2 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 73 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 73 |
As will be observed from the foregoing table:
16-4 per cent. of the cases notified occurred in persons between
5 and 15 years.
21-9 per cent. of the cases notified occurred in persons between
15 and 25 years,
42 4 per cent. of the cases notified occurred in persons between
25 and 45 years.
18 out of the 73 cases notified, died, and 9 had left the district
at the end of the year.