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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 1955

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

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Table: TUBERCULOSIS Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1955, to the 31st December, 1955.

TUBERCULOSIS Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1955, to the 31st December, 1955.

Age PeriodsFormal Notifications
Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis
0-1-2-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-Total(All ages)
Respiratory, Males---3227151513176-80
Respiratory, Females---228111487_3_55
Non-Respiratory, Males---1--321.1-_8
Non-Respiratory, Females-----2122---•7

Table: CASES NOTIFIED AND DEATHS - 1955 and Previous years

CASES NOTIFIED AND DEATHS - 1955 and Previous years

YearNo. of cases notifiedNo. . of DeathsNo of cases on Register of Notifications.
PulmonaryNonPulmonaryTotal
1936156401961161,063
1937141331741061,068
19381553719287859
193916533198107889
194014324167118813
194116039199103828
194216931200104963
194317724201721,097
194419222214931,184
194520723230931.282
194618823211851,487
194718921210901,517
194816720187761,599
194919314207511,674
195016621187391,779
195119315208441,852
195218014194431,494
195319817215331,595
195416713180211,495
195513515150161,510

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Average number of cases notified for the 10 years 1936/1945
(Inclusive) - 197.
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years 1945-1955
(Inclusive) - 195.
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1936-1946
(Inclusive) - 100.
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1946-1955
(Inclusive) - 50.
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