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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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POLIOMYELITIS
| Age | Paralytic | Non-Paralytic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | 2 | – | – | – |
| 2 years old | 1 | – | – | – |
| 3 " " | 1 | – | – | – |
| 5 " " | – | 1 | – | – |
| 12 " " | 1 | – | – | – |
| 13 " " | 1 | – | – | – |
| 15 " " | – | 1 | – | – |
| 17 " " | 1 | – | – | – |
| 24 " " | 1x | – | – | – |
| 33 " " | – | – | – | – |
| 4o " " | – | – | – | l |
x Died, There was also one un-notified death from
paralytic poliomyelitis of a male aged 22,
TUBERCULOSIS
During the year 1955, 109 new cases of Tuberculosis were
notified, 103 being cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 6 of
other forms of the disease.
The following table gives an analysis of the newly notified cases and deaths during 1953.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non Respiratory | Respiratory | Non Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1 - 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5-14 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 - 24 | 10 | 13 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 25 - 34 | 13 | 8 | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | – |
| 35-44 | 14 | 9 | –* | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45-54 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 |
| 55-64 | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 65 and upwards | 7 | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 61 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | – | 1 |