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Hammersmith 1969

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

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Fulham Chest Clinic - 1969
The routine work of the outpatient clinic and the inpatient unit has
continued as usual.
There has been a significant rise in the number of cases of tuberculosis
notified to the clinic in the year under review - 59% of these, however,
were in the 45+ age group; the same pattern is visible in the deaths,
where all are over 36 years.

Table: TABLE 1. No. of NEW PATIENTS attending -

TABLE 1. No. of NEW PATIENTS attending -

Non-tuberculous Chest Cases78
New Contacts of Notified Cases66
New Notifications transferred in48
No. of CLINIC ATTENDANCES -
Notified cases of tuberculosis557
Contacts of " " "164
Other Chest Diseases1085
No. of New Notifications of Tuberculosis in the Fulham Chest Clinic Area -
Pulmonary Tuberculosis32
Non-Pulmonary12
No. of DEATHS in Fulham-
Pulmonary Tuberculosis21
Non-PulmonaryNil
Number of visits by Health Visitor673
No. of patients x-rayed1270
No. of B.C.G. vaccinations119
Number of Notified Cases of Tuberculosis on the Register at 31st.December, 1969542

Table: TABLE 2 NEW NOTIFICATIONS IN AGE GROUPS

TABLE 2 NEW NOTIFICATIONS IN AGE GROUPS

AGEMALESFEMALES
Up to 5 years.NilNil
6-152-
16 - 2523
26 - 3544
36 - 4521
46 - 5542
56 - 6593
Over 6562
2915 Total 44