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Fulham 1914

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 TuberculosisOther Forms.S uspecisNon-TuberculosisPercentage Tuberculosis
Under 568347411.4
„ 1018217411317.2
152713484430.3
„ 25451253045.5
35481353242.2
„ 45301233236.04
45 and over290223633.3
All ages2034526136128.5

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.

BromptonSanotoria.Convalescent Homes.Infirmary Tub. Ward.Boarded out.
Insured Men116050
Uninsured Men11160
Insured Women...8422
Uninsured Women4410112
Children...3481918
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