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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
Holborn 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Number of Cases.
The following tables give the number of new cases of tuberculosis and deaths from the disease during 1946:—
| Age periods. | New Cases | Deaihs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 25 | 12 | 13 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | i | — | — |
| 45 | 10 | 3 | — | — | 5 | — | — | |
| 55 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 65 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 55 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 4 | — | — | |
The number of cases on the register at the end of the year was as follows:
| M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 73 | 52 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 21 | 26 |
| Total | 94 | 78 |
During the year 73 notified cases of tuberculosis were removed from the
register for various reasons.
Patients Admitted and Discharged from Institutions.
During the year 49 patients were admitted to hospital and 22 to sanatoria.
55 patients were discharged from institutions.
Miniature Mass Radiography.
The Miniature Mass Radiography Unit operated by the L.C.C. at Saint
Pancras Hospital became available. The number of persons examined was
1,907.
Tuberculosis Care Committee.
The Committee met four times during the year—in January, April, July
and October. 307 cases were reported upon, of which 59 were new cases. The
Secretary's interviews with patients, or relatives, including visits, totalled 789.