Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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—5 | 5—15 | 15-25 | 25—65 | 65— | All Ages. | |
1903 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 24 |
1904 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | 29 |
1905 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
1906 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | 22 |
1907 | 20 | 3 | — | 6 | 2 | 31 |
1908 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 10 |
1909 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | — | 22 |
1910 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
1911 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 14 |
1912 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 13 |
1913 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 12 |
1914 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 14 |
Totals | 123 | 37 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 235 |
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. |
---|---|---|
1911 | 14 | 7 |
1912 | 13 | 8 |
1913 | 12 | 6 |
1914 | 14 | 8 |