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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Sixty deatlis from Pulmonary Tuberculosis were registered,
against ninety-one in the previous year, representing
a death-rate of 0.65 per 1,000 compared with 1.0 in 1942
and 1.0 in 1941.
Figures for the years 1927-43, showing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous persons are as under:—
| 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931 | 1932. | 1933 | 1934 | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. | 1938 | 1939. | 1940. | 1941. | 1942. | 1943_ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Total number of deaths from Tuberculosis in the Borough | 181 | 135 | 149 | 153 | 127 | 156 | 150 | 124 | 119 | 116 | 106 | 87 | 107 | 118 | 103 | 104 | 7 |
| 2. | The number of cases notified at death | _ | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 3. | The number of cases notified within one month of death (excluding above) | 25 | 17 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 10 |
| 4. | The number of cases notified within three months of death (excluding above). | 23 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | ??? |
| 5. | The number of cases notified within six months of death (excluding above) | 18 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Average number of cases notified tor the 10years 1924-1933
(inclusive) = 255.
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years 1984-1943
(inclusive) = 194.
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1924-1933
(inclusive) = 150.
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1984-1943
(inclusive) = 107.