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Wandsworth 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Classification and Treatment of Tuberculous Cases
Table LXXVIII. shows the tuberculous cases classified
according to the site of the lesion.
Of the 379 cases, 329 had Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and 50
Tuberculosis of some other part of the body. 36 of the latter were
under the age of 15.
It is well recognised that the non-pulmonary forms of Tuberculosis
are commoner in children and the pulmonary form in adults.
Both these facts are brought in in this Table as they were in the
corresponding Table last year.

Table: TABLE LXXVIII. SITE OF LESION IN TUBERCULOUS CASES.

TABLE LXXVIII. SITE OF LESION IN TUBERCULOUS CASES.

Age Period.Non-Pulmonary.Total.
Glands.Joints and Bones.Abdominal.Others.Total Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary Tuberculous.
Under 1 year.....................
1 and under 2 years.....................
2 and under 5 years111...3...3
5 and under 10 years12511191534
10 and under 15 years94...1141731
15 and under 20 years2.........23436
20 and under 25 years2...1...34245
25 and under 35 years1......34100104
35 and under 45 years...1...237376
45 and under 65 years...2......24648
65 years and upwards...............22
Total27133750329379