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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 1918

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

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

TABLE XXXV. SITE OF LESION IN TUBERCULOUS CASES.

Age Period.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Total.
Glands.Joints and Bones.Abdominal.Others.Total Non-Pulmonary.
Under I year.....................
I and under 2 years21......325
2 and under 5 years931...13....13
5 and under 10 years1362122345
10 and under 15 years96...1162137
15 and under 20 years32...273643
20 and under 25 years1...1135558
25 and under 35 years321...6158164
35 and under 45 years1...23121124
^5 and under 65 years............7272
65 years and upwards...•••.........55
Totals40215773493566

Table: Disposal of Tuberculous Cases, 1918, at End of Year.

Disposal of Tuberculous Cases, 1918, at End of Year.

Under treatment at Dispensaries244
„ in Sanatoria52
„ at Hospitals24
„ in Poor Law Infirmaries8
„ by Medical Practitioners102
Ceased attending through lack of interest1
Left the Borough26
Died39
Sent by Army Medical Boards and found to be tuberculous70
Total566