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 1942:—
| Age Periods | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory 1 | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0- | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1- | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 5- | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | — | |
| 15- | 33 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| 25- | 25 | 29 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 35- | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 45- | 21 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 55- | 19 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 05 and on | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 144 | 99 | 23 | 22 | 68 | 23 | 5 | 8 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to the total
tuberculosis deaths is 1 to 3.
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 | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | ||||
| 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 |
| 1942 | 169 | 31 | 200 | 104 | 935 | 963 |