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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 1920

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
inactive disease in the lungs in a person who appears to be well,
and sometimes it is found in some other part of the body.
When there is active disease in the lungs, in addition to
disease in some other part of the body, the case is classified as
pulmonary.
Table LII. shows all the cases who attended the dispensaries
during the years 1913 to 1918 classified in the way just described.

Table: TABLE LII.New Cases, 1913 to 1918, Classified according to Diagnosis.

TABLE LII.

New Cases, 1913 to 1918, Classified according to Diagnosis.

Year.Definite Cases of Tuberculosis.Suspected Cases.Non- Tuberculous.Totals.
Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Totals.
Active.Inactive.Active.Inactive.
19132173341103018617926
191427132351034811608967
1915226204382978412717
191622350391332577411,073
191727685326399168001,215
1918351141581656667831,355
Totals1,564361248632,236563,9616,253