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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1922
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1922
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Tuberculosis. —Two hundred and ninety-five cases of
Tuberculosis were reported during the year ; 246 of which were
Pulmonary and 49 being other forms of Tuberculosis, against
311 cases in the previous year.
In all cases notified the nurses visited and obtained all the
necessary information. Any insanitary conditions found to
exist were referred to the Sanitary Inspectors.
One hundred and forty-two deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis were registered, against 150 in the previous year, representing a death-rate of 1.1 per 1,000, compared with 1.2 in 1921.
| Age Periods. | Number of Notifications on Form " A " | Notifications on Form " B " | Number of Notifications on Form " C " | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form " A " | Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form " B " | Poor Law Institurions. | Sanatoria. | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total Pri. Not. | Under 5. | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total Pri. Not. | |||||||
| Pulmonary, Males | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 102 | 135 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 113 | ||
| Pulmonary, Females | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 101 | 138 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 83 | ||
| Non-Pulmonary, Males | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 16 | 16 | 314 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | ... | 8 |
| Non-Pulmonary, Females | ... | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | 7 | ||
The notification of cases of Tuberculosis by medical
practitioners is, unfortunately, not carried out as required by
the Regulations, that is within 48 hours of the same coming to
their knowledge.
There are undoubtedly many difficulties attending the
notification of this disease, but the efforts of Local Authorities,
and the money spent in combating this disease are to a large
extent rendered nugatory.