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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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SECTION 7.
Tuberculosis.
The following table gives the number of new cases of tuberculosis notified, and deaths during 1962 of persons notified as suffering from the disease:—
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0— 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1— 2 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2— 5 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5—10 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10—15 years | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15—20 years | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20—25 years | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 25—35 years | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35—45 years | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| 45—55 years | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 55—65 years | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 65—75 years | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 75 and over | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 12 | 3 | 1 | — | *8 | *6 | — | — |
*Only three of these persons died of tuberculosis.