Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1941:—
Age Periods | New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | NonRespiratory | Respiratory | NonRespiratory | ||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
0- | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | |
1- | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
5- | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
15- | 32 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 3 | |
25- | 29 | 23 | 4 | 4 | |||||
35- | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | |||||
45- | 11 | 6 | — | 1 | 24 | 7 | 2 | — | |
55- | 13 | 8 | 1 | — | |||||
65 and on | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | |
Total | 120 | 79 | 23 | 24 | 58 | 31 | 8 | 6 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to the total
tuberculosis deaths is 1 to 4.
The following table indicates the number of cases and deaths from Tuberculosis:—
Year. | No. of Cases notified. | No. of Deaths. | No. of Cases on Dispensary Register. | No. of Cases on Register of Notifications. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | Total. | ||||
1922 | 205 | 44 | 249 | 162 | — | — |
1923 | 197 | 56 | 253 | 145 | — | — |
1924 | 200 | 56 | 256 | 170 | — | 1,426 |
1925 | 221 | 45 | 266 | 138 | — | 1,280 |
1926 | 210 | 68 | 278 | 142 | 824 | 1,302 |
1927 | 226 | 53 | 279 | 182 | 686 | 1,289 |
1928 | 205 | 56 | 261 | 135 | 744 | 1,308 |
1929 | 217 | 63 | 280 | 149 | 818 | 1,334 |
1930 | 196 | 54 | 250 | 153 | 803 | 1,293 |
1931 | 183 | 56 | 239 | 127 | 905 | 1,198 |
1932 | 183 | 45 | 228 | 156 | 763 | 1,128 |
1933 | 185 | 31 | 216 | 150 | 749 | 1,056 |
1934 | 184 | 31 | 215 | 124 | 715 | 1,070 |
1935 | 170 | 31 | 201 | 119 | 759 | 1,059 |
1936 | 156 | 40 | 196 | 116 | 805 | 1,063 |
1937 | 141 | 33 | 174 | 106 | 834 | 1,068 |
1938 | 155 | 37 | 192 | 87 | 824 | 859 |
1939 | 165 | 33 | 198 | 107 | 887 | 889 |
1940 | 143 | 24 | 167 | 118 | 791 | 813 |
1941 | 160 | 39 | 199 | 103 | 812 | 828 |