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Hampstead 1914

Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health

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The deaths from all forms of non-pulmonary tuberculosis in the same period are distributed in age-periods as follows:-

Year.Age Periods.
0—55—1515-2525—6565—All Ages.
190312425124
19041833529
190511235122
19061152422
19072036231
190844210
19091212722
19107524422
1911912214
1912812213
1913441312
1914742114
Totals1233721468235

It will be observed that, of the deaths from non-pulmonary
tuberculosis, a very large proportion occur among children under the
age of five years.

Of the various forms of tuberculosis classified under the heading of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous meningitis claims a considerable proportion. The number of deaths from tuberculous meningitis and from all forms of non-pulmonary tuberculosis since 1911 are as follows:—

Year.Deaths from all forms of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Deaths from Tuberculous Meningitis.
1911147
1912138
1913126
1914148