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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Tuberculosis
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1950
During the year 1950, 105 new cases of Tuberculosis were notified,
95 being cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 10 of other forms of
the disease.
The following statistical table gives an analysis of the newly notified cases and deaths during 1950.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. . | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1—5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5—15 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | —_ |
| 15—25 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | —_ |
| 25—35 | 15 | 13 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 35—45 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 45—55 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 55—65 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 6 | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 45 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
There were 671 Pulmonary and 103 Non-Pulmonary cases of tuberculosis
known to the Department at the end of the year 1950.
Mass Miniature Radiography
Although it was not possible for the Mass Radiography Unit to find
accommodation within the Borough, a Unit situated in an adjoining
Borough during November and December was made available for
Hampstead residents and employees.
The Unit originally requested that 750 names of Hampstead persons
be provided, but the response from those desiring to be X-rayed was so
great that 920 names were submitted. As a result, the Unit extended
its stay.
Twenty-five firms were invited to send their staff, and of these twelve
accepted and sent a total of 438 individuals. Arrangements were made
for 317 of the Council's staff to attend, and the remaining 150 were
residents of two special areas. These two special areas consisted of
two streets in the Borough, and an attempt was made to obtain the
mass radiography of all the residents therein, with the exclusion of
children. 529 invitations were sent out and appointments were made
for 150 persons to attend the Unit.