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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 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926
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| Age Periods. | Notifications on Form "A" | Notifications on Form 'B" | Number of Notifications on Form "C" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form "A" | No. of Primary Notifications | Total Notifications on Form "B" | Poor Law Institutions | Sanatoria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 90 | 30 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total Prim. Not. | Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total Prim. Not | ||||||||||
| Pulmonary. Male | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 33 9 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 127 | 276 | 174 | 359 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 34 | 104 | 200 |
| Pulmonary. Female | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 83 | 113 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 12 | 59 | ||||||
| Non-Pulmon- ary, Male | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 36 | 38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | |||||
| Non-Pulmon-ary, Females | .. | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 30 | 34 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 15 | |||||
The following table shows the number of new cases of tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health or Chief (Administrative) Tuberculosis Officer during the period from the 3rd January, 1926, to the 1st January, 1927, otherwise than by notification on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912:—
| Age periods. | 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 Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Males | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 7 |
| ,, Females | 1 | 1 | _ | — | 1 | 1 | — | _ | — | — | — | 4 |
| Non-pulmonary ,, Males | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| ,, Females | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
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 twenty-seven deaths from Pulmonary
Tuberculosis were registered, against one hundred and twentyfour
in the previous year, representing a death-rate of 0.9
per 1,000, compared with 0.9 in 1925.
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.