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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 1917

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

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

TABLE XXXIV.

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.....................
I and under 2 years.....................
2 and under 5 years61......7310
5 and under 10 years752115823
10 and under 15 years131...51823
15 and under 20 years4...1...54449
20 and under 25 years11......24951
25 and under 35 years31...26102108
35 and under 45 years1.........19091
45 and under 65 years...............3737
65 years and upwards..................1
Totals23114341352393

Table: Disposal of Tuberculous Cases, 1917, at End of Year.

Disposal of Tuberculous Cases, 1917, at End of Year.

Under treatment at Dispensaries107
„ in Sanatoria30
„ at Hospitals15
„ in Poor Law Infirmaries6
„ by Medical Practitioners83
Ceased attending through lack of interest2
Left the Borough23
Died41
Sent by Army Medical Boards and found to be tuberculous86
Total393