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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

Wandsworth 1915

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

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96 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table LIV. shows the tuberculous cases classified according
to the site of the lesion.
Of 330 cases, 286 were pulmonary and 44 had tuberculosis of
some part of the body other than lung. Of the non-pulmonary
cases, 26 were under 15 years of age.

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

TABLE LIV. SITE OF LESION IN TUBERCULOUS CASES.

Age Period.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Total.
Glands.Joints and Bones.Abdominal.Others.Total Non-Pulmonary.
Under 1 year.....................
1 and under 2 years......1...112
2 and under 5 years11......224
5 and under 10 years662...141428
10 and under 15 years45......91925
15 and under 20 years241183744
20 and under 25 years23...163847
25 and under 35 years21...147377
35 and under 45 years...............5757
45 and under 65 years...............4343
65 years and upwards...............22
Totals17204344286330

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Disposal of Cases.
The next table shows the disposal of new cases (tuberculous)
for 1915 at the end of the year.
Of 330 cases, 139 were attending the dispensaries, 29 were in
sanatoria, while 76 were under treatment by medical practitioners
n their own homes. 33, or 10 per cent., died during the year. A