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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis.—Two hundred and eleven cases of Tuberculosis
were reported during the year, one hundred and
eighty-eight of which were Pulmonary and twenty-three
being other forms of Tuberculosis, against two hundred and
thirty cases in the previous year.
PART I. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1946, to the 31st December, 1946.
| Age Periods. | Formal 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 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 107 |
| Pulmonary Females | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 81 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | — | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 15 |
| Non-Pulmonary Females | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 |
PART II. Supplemental Return. New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.
| Age Periods. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Males | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| Pulmonary Females | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Non-Pulmonary Females | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |