Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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TABLE 6 HAMMERSMITH CHEST CLINIC -SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING 1966
AGE PERIODS | FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS | |||||||||||||
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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 | - | - | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 60 |
Respiratory, Females | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
Non-Respiratory, Males | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 7 |
Non-Respiratory, Females | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
Year | No. of Cases Notified | No. of Deaths | No. of Cases on Register of Notifications | ||
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Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | |||
1956 | 287 | 20 | 307 | 31 | 2,939 |
1957 | 242 | 24 | 266 | 32 | 2,881 |
1958 | 215 | 16 | 231 | 32 | 2,849 |
1959 | 218 | 14 | 232 | 22 | 2,843 |
1960 | 169 | 25 | 194 | 11 | 2,757 |
1961 | 149 | 21 | 170 | 9 | 2,662 |
1962 | 142 | 19 | 161 | 15 | 2,664 |
1963 | 117 | 27 | 144 | 22 | 2,582 |
1964 | 121 | 14 | 135 | 11 | 2,570 |
1965 | 116 | 33 | 149 | 3 | 2,282 |
1966 | 89 | 19 | 108 | 15 | *1,377 |
Average number of cases notified for the 10 years 1956/1965 (inclusive) — 198.9
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1956/1965 (inclusive) — 18.8
* This figure is for Hammersmith Chest Clinic only — previous figures
are for Fulham and Hammersmith Chest Clinics added together.
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