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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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The following table has been prepared, giving particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from tuberculosis during 1984 :—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratoiy | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 15 | 24 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | 38 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | — | 1 |
| 45 | 33 | 9 | 1 L | 1 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | 1 | — |
| Totals | 102 | 82 | 12 | 19 | 67 | 48 | 5 | 4 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculous deaths to the totai
tuberculous deaths is 1 to 8.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1925.
It was not found necessary to take action under these
regulations during the year under review.