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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
Hampstead 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Tuberculosis.
Notification.
During the year 1936, 94 new cases of Tuberculosis were notified,
71 being cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and 23 other forms of
the disease.
The following statistical table, prescribed by the Ministry of Health, gives an analysis of the newly notified cases and deaths during 1936:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Nou-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Kespiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0- | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 1- | - | -_ | 1 | 1 | - | -_ | 2 | -_ |
| 5- | — | — | 5 | - | - | — | 1 | -_ |
| 15 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| 25- | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| 35- | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 45- | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | -_ | -_ |
| 55- | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 65 and upwards | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 36 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 |
The following table shows the numbers of notified cases of
pulmonary tuberculosis amongst males and females. The number of
cases between the ages of 15 and 34 is also shown. The figures
relate to the five-year period, 1932-1936:—
]Total Cases.
| 1935 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 29 |
| 1934 | 38 | 35 | 17 | 24 |
| 1933 | 50 | 44 | 21 | 28 |
| 1932 | 35 | 46 | 16 | 33 |
| Totals | 186 | 196 | 79 | 139 |
These figures show that 70 per cent. of the cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis in females occur between the ages of 15 and 34, as com-