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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

Wandsworth 1916

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXXIII.SITE OF LESION IN TUBERCULOUS CASES.

TABLE XXXIII.

SITE OF LESION IN TUBERCULOUS CASES.

Age Period.Non-Pulmonary.
Glands.Joints and Bones.Abdominal.Others.Total Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Total.
Under 1 year.....................
1 and under 2 years2.........2...2
2 and under 5 years5.........516
5 and under 10 years851...142337
10 and under 15 years73......101929
15 and under 20 years...............2424
20 and under 25 years12......34043
25 and under 35 years1.........17980
35 and under 45 years23......57479
45 and under 65 years...1...234447
65 years and upwards...............33
Totals261412433°7350

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Disposal of Tuberculous Cases, 1916, at End of Year.
Under treatment at Dispensaries 165
,, in Sanatoria 26
at Hospitals 11
,, in Poor Law Infirmaries 7
by Medical Practitioners 49
Ceased attending through lack of interest 8
Left the Borough 27
Died 24
Sent by Army Medical Boards and found to be
tuberculous 33
Total
350