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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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TUBERCULOSIS.
This condition, at any rate in Hammersmith, seems now
to have reached the peak of the war-time and post-war
increase in new cases, and to have begun to return to its
expected "peace-time" level.
It is characteristic that the number of new cases is high
in times of war, post-war adjustments and at all times when
there is a low standard of living, and is reduced in times of
prosperity, and where there is a high standard of living.

Table: PART I. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1947, to the 31st December, 1947.

PART I. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1947, to the 31st December, 1947.

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 Males15211914291214154116
Pulmonary Females–513121126561373
Non-Pulmonary Males–6111–1––––10
Non-Pulmonary Females–24––113–––11

Table: 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.

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–1421821735254
Pulmonary Females–––117138–1132
Non-Pulmonary Males––32–––12–19
Non-Pulmonary Females–12–––––1––4