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Paddington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
TABLE 27. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. New Cases Reported and Deaths among same. (Sex-Age Distribution.) 1912.
| 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 | - | - | - | 3 | 38 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 37 | 19 | 69 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 127 | 220 | 347 | |
| Poor Law | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 52 | 38 | 90 | |
| Other Medical | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 33 | 46 | 42 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 186 | 341 | ||
| Totals | - | 1 | 6 | 50 | 59 | 35 | 41 | 44 | 72 | 74 | 119 | 63 | 71 | 34 | 48 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 334 | 444 | 778 | ||
| Phthisis | - | - | - | -_ | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | 40 | 26 | 66 | |
| Other Causes | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Not Medically Certified Cases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dispensary | - | - | 20 | 17 | 27 | 43 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 5 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 92 | 147 | 239 | |
| Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other Causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
TABLE 28. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Consumption.) Histories of Cases reported prior to 1912.
| Known Survivors end of 1911. | During 1912. | Known Survivors, 1913. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old cases traced and re-entered. | Reported recovered. (Arrested.) | Lost sight of. (Removals.) | Original report not confirmed. (Errors.) | Known to have died during year. {Consumption.) | Totals. | Medically certified. " Definite | Not medically certified. " Suspect." | Dispensary Patients. | |||
| "Definite." | "Suspect." | ||||||||||
| 1904 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1905 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1906 | 11 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | - |
| 1907 | 23 | - | 3 | 10 | - | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | - |
| 1908 | 68 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 1* | 4 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 19 | 3 |
| 1909 | 462 | 2 | 11 | 95 | 7† | 5 | 346 | 181 | 165 | 142 | 164 |
| 1910 | 518 | 3 | 10 | 59 | 2* | 13 | 437 | 246 | 191 | 194 | 190 |
| 1911 | 582 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9‡ | 16 | 544 | 315 | 229 | 224 | 226 |
| Totals ... | 1,665 | 9 | 37 | 199 | 19 | 40 | 1,379 | 786 | 593 | 589 | 583 |
* Deaths from other causes. † Including 3 deaths from other causes. ‡ All deaths from other causes.