[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of] page 82

Deptford 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.

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Report of Tuberculosis Officer—continued.

	Age 1-2 Group			Age 2—5 Group			Age 5—12 Group			Age	12—15 Group
	Not known to be contacts	Contacts of T.B. — cases	Contacts of T.B. + cases	Not known to be contacts	Contacts of T.B.— cases	Contacts of T.B. + cases	Not known to be contacts	Contacts of T.B. -cases	Contacts of T.B. + cases	Not known to be contacts	Contacts of T.B.- cases	Contacts of T.B. + cases
Test not completed	-	1 but Neg. to 2 doses	-	1	3	3	2	2	3	1	-	1
Negative	-	2	1	10	6	2	12	13	5	2	2	1
Positive	-	—	4	2	1	4	4	5	13	2	2	7
In this group one of the children who had abnormal signs in one lung and one in whom no abnormal signs were detected (both T.B. + contacts and + reactors) showed definite X-ray evidence of tuberculosis. One negative reactor was contact of a case in which sputum was found -)- only by concentration method of examination.				One child in this group, age 4, a contact of a T.B. + case and + reactor, showed definite X-ray evidence of disease.			One T.B. + contact a + reactor to a small dose showed X-ray evidence of old disease.			Two + reactors to small doses in this group showed X-ray evidence of old disease.