Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Tuberculosis.
lu 1924, 278 new cases of pulmonary disease were notified and 18
persons died who had not been notified in Westminster, a total of 296.
Non-pulmonary forms of tuberculosis gave 51 new cases.
Tuberculosis, 1924.
Age-Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Under 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
1 | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — |
20 | 15 | 23 | — | 4 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 |
25 | 36 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 7 | — | 3 |
35 | 36 | 23 | — | 1 | 37 | 9 | — | — |
45 | 39 | 14 | — | 1 | 29 | 7 | — | — |
55 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 | 10 | — | 2 | — |
65 and upwards | 13 | 4 | — | — | 12 | 1 | — | — |
Totals | 173 | 123 | 27 | 24 | 90 | 34 | 8 | 6 |
In this Table all 'primary notifications are included, and also other
new cases of tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer
of Health during the year.
The increase in the number of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis was not
unanticipated. The effect of unemployment in recent years was not
expected to produce results in a disease such as this is, immediately.
Influenza also has frequently been the starting point or has lighted up old
infection which may have been dormant for years. It is gratifying,
however, to note that non-pulmonary forms of the disease show a slight
decrease.