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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
Camberwell 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE XIII.—DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS, 1926.
| Age Periods. | Under 1 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 3 – 4 | 4 – 5 | 5 – 10 | 10 – 15 | 15 – 20 | 20 – 35 | 35 – 45 | 45 – 65 | 65 and over. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | – | – | 1a | – | 2c | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 9 |
| Females | 1b | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 11 |
a. The father has pulmonary tuberculosis.
b. The father died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
c. In the case of a boy aged 4 years, a woman suffering from tuberculosis of the skin lived in the same house.
In no other case was there any known case of human tuberculous infection in the same house or home.
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