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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
Paddington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
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| No. of certificates received for a patient. | Received from one source. | Received from two or more sources. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Law (P.L.). | Hospitals (Hosp.). | Dispensary (P.T.D.). | Others. | ||
| 1 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1—Hosp.: P.T.D.* |
| 2 | 24 | 2 | — | — | |
| 3 | — | 1 | — | 3—P.L.2: Hosp.; 1—P.L.2 P.T.D. | |
| 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 each P.L.2: Hosp.: P.T.D.; P.L.: Hosp.3 | |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | 1—P.L.4: Hosp. |
| 6 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| 7 | — | — | — | ||
| 13 | 1 | — | — | — | |
* This to be read: 1 patient reported once by a hospital and once by the Dispensary.
Of 18 patients who had been reported to the Department as " consumptives " (10 suspected,
8 definite) the deaths from other causes were recorded during the year (6 at home and 10 in
institutions).
TABLE 27. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. New Cases Reported and Deaths among same. (Sex-Age Distribution.) 1911.
| Ages (years). | All Ages. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | Males. | Females. | Persons. | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||
| Medically Certified Cases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dispensary | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 89 | 129 | 218 | |
| Poor Law | - | - | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 4 | b | 2 | 2 | - | - | 56 | 39 | 95 | ||
| Other Medical | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 40 | 44 | 84 | |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 25 | 19 | 36 | 34 | 46 | 31 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 185 | 212 | 397 | |
| Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 34 | 23 | 57 | ||
| Other Causes | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Not Medically Certified Cases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dispensary | 1 | - | 16 | 20 | 43 | 37 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 126 | 133 | 259 | |
| Lay Reports | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Totals | 1 | - 17 | 20 | 49 | 40 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 136 | 138 | 274 | ||
| Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Other Causes | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | |