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Hampstead 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Tuberculosis
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1949
During the year 1949, 113 new cases of Tuberculosis were notified,
105 being cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 8 of other forms of the
disease.
The following statistical table gives an analysis of the newly notified cases and deaths during 1949:-
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-15 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 15-25 | 20 | 6 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 25-35 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| 35-15 | 9 | 10 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| 45-55 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| 55-65 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| Totals | 61 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | - | - |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
There were 576 Pulmonary and 92 Non-Pulmonary cases of tuberculosis
known to the Department at the end of the year 1949.
Mass Miniature Radiography
In February, 1949, arrangements were made for the Mass Radiography
Unit to operate from Messrs. B. B. Evans & Co., Ltd., 142,
Kilburn High Road, N.W.6. Twenty-nine local firms were circularised
and 14 took advantage of the offer. Members of the Borough Council
and the Day Nurseries staffs were X-rayed and altogether arrangements
were made by this Department for 904 persons to attend.
Bacteriological Examinations
The following examinations were carried out:-Diphtheria, 67;
Scarlet Fever (for Haem. Strep), 60; Vincents Angina, 12; Dysentery,
57; Food Poisoning, 11; Paratyphosus B, 7; Miscellaneous, 2.
These services were carried out by the Laboratories of Pathology
and Public Health, 6, Harley Street, W.1.
The basis of payment is a comprehensive fee of £2 10s. per 1,000
inhabitants of the Borough per annum.
Food Poisoning
Eleven isolated cases of food poisoning were notified under the Food
and Drugs Act, 1938. These were investigated and where necessary
samples of the suspected food were examined and appropriate action
taken.
The Agent causing the illness was identified in 2 cases, but was
unknown in 9 cases.