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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Public Health (Smallpox) Regulations, 1917.
No primary vaccinations or revaccinations were performed
by your Medical Officer of Health during the year,
under the above regulations.
Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis.—Two hundred and twenty-eight cases of
tuberculosis were reported during the year, one hundred
and eighty-three of which were Pulmonary and forty-five
being other forms of Tuberculosis, against two hundred and
thirty-nine cases in the previous year.
PART I. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 3rd January, 1932, to the 31st December, 1932.
| Age Periods | Formal Notifications | Total Notifi-cations | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- 35- | 45- 55- | 65- | Total (all aees) | ||||
| Pulmonary Males | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 104 | 150 |
| Pulmonary Females | - | - | 1 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 79 | 120 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 27 | 37 |
| Non-pulmonary Females | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 2 | 1 | 6 | — | — | 18 | 20 | |