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Hampstead 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The following form the Committee:—
6 members of the Borough Council.
5 members of the Hampstead Council of Social Welfare.
2 members representing the London County Council.
2 members representing the Board of Guardians.
1 member representing the London Insurance Committee.
2 members representing the Invalid Children's Aid
tion.
1 member representing the Local War Pensions Committee.
1 member representing the United Services Fund.
The Medical Officer of Health.
The Tuberculosis Medical Officer.
The Tuberculosis Health Visitor.
The Care Committee is required to furnish to the Borough Council
quarterly reports (or more often if required), including statistics and
statements of cases helped, &c., and as to attendances of such of its
members as are Councillors.
All particulars as regards care and after-care, arrangements for
finding employment for patients, and provision of extra nourishment
for patients living at home are referred to this Committee. They are
also responsible for assessing cases that go into sanatorium.
This Committee dealt with 173 cases during 1925.
The deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and from all forms of Tuberculosis during 1925 were distributed among the Wards as follows:—
| Ward. | Area (Acres). | Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Deaths from other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Total deaths from All Forms of Tuberculosis. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town) | 686 | 2 | 9 | |
| „ 2 (Belsize) | 271 | 10 | - | 10 |
| „ 3 (Adelaide) | 325 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| „ 4 (Central) | 312 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| „ 5 (West End) | 247 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| „ 6 (Kilburn) | 195 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| „ 7 (Priory) | 229 | 3 | — | 3 |
| The Borough | 2,265 | 52 | 8 | 60 |
Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Age Groups.
The following table shows the age distribution of persons dying from Pulmonary Tuberculosis in recent years:—
| Year. | Age Period. | All Ages. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—65 | 65— | ||
| 1913 | _ | 1 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 49 |
| 1914 | — | 2 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 57 |
| 1915 | — | 1 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 48 |
| 1916 | — | 4 | 11 | 37 | 3 | 55 |
| 1917 | — | — | 21 | 47 | 1 | 69 |
| 1918 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 59 | 3 | 75 |
| 1919 | — | 1 | 13 | 39 | 3 | 56 |
| 1920 | — | 2 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 41 |
| 1921 | — | 2 | 10 | 47 | 4 | 63 |
| 1922 | — | 1 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 50 |
| 1923 | — | — | 6 | 45 | — | 51 |
| 1924 | — | 1 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 58 |
| 1925 | — | — | 6 | 43 | 3 | 52 |
| Totals | 1 | 16 | 126 | 545 | 36 | 724 |