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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 1945
[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 1945:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | NonRespiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0- | — | _ | _ | 1 | — | _ | _ | |
| 1- | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |||
| 5- | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15- | 29 | 51 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 2 | |
| 25- | 24 | 35 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 35- | 23 | 15 | — | 1 | ||||
| 26 | 5 | — | 2 | |||||
| 45- | 18 | 1 | ||||||
| 55- | 18 | 6 | _ | — | ||||
| 65 and on | 12 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | |
| Total | 135 | 131 | 17 | 19 | 55 | 27 | 6 | 5 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to the total
tuberculosis deaths is 1 to 7.
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.
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
1943
177
24
201
72
1,044
1,097
1944
192
22
214
93
1,098
1,184
1945
207
23
230
93
1,176
1,282