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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 1937
[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.—One hundred and seventy-four cases of
Tuberculosis were reported during the year, one hundred
and forty-one of which were Pulmonary and thirty-three
being other forms of Tuberculosis, against one hundred and
ninety-six cases in the previous year.
PART I. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1937, to the 31st December, 1937.
| Age Periods | Formal Notifications | Total Notifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total (all ages) | ||
| Pulmonary Males | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 78 | 98 |
| Pulmonary Females | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | — | 63 | 77 | |
| Non-pulmonary Males | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 16 | 18 |
| Non-pulmonary Females | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 17 | 21 | |