Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914
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TABLE V. Diagnosis at Various Age Periods.
Pul monary Tuberculosis | Other Forms. | S uspecis | Non-Tuberculosis | Percentage Tuberculosis | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 5 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 74 | 11.4 |
„ 10 | 18 | 21 | 74 | 113 | 17.2 |
15 | 27 | 13 | 48 | 44 | 30.3 |
„ 25 | 45 | 1 | 25 | 30 | 45.5 |
35 | 48 | 1 | 35 | 32 | 42.2 |
„ 45 | 30 | 1 | 23 | 32 | 36.04 |
45 and over | 29 | 0 | 22 | 36 | 33.3 |
All ages | 203 | 45 | 261 | 361 | 28.5 |
The diagnostic tables shew that 248 out of a total of 870
new patients (or 28.5 per cent.) were suffering from
tuberculosis.
Out of the total number of children of school age, viz.,
480, 93 were tuberculous.
The Dispensary as a Clearing House and Centre for
Observation
TABLE VI. Shewing the number of patients sent to Tuberculosis Institutions and Convalescent Homes.
Brompton | Sanotoria. | Convalescent Homes. | Infirmary Tub. Ward. | Boarded out. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
... | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | |
... | 3 | 48 | 19 | 18 | |
6 | 32 | 63 | 43 | 22 |