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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.
at the end of 1916, and so on. Calculated in this way, the
average duration of treatment for each patient is 2| years.
Patients attending in the five years 1913 to 1917 can all be
brought in by the end of 1919, those of 1918 will not have completed
the same period of treatment till the end of 1920, and
have been left out, as the investigation has not been carried
beyond 1919.
Table LY. shows these cases, by sexes, classified into age
groups according to the result of the sputum examniation, when
they attended for the first time.
Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1913-1917 Cases.
| Age. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sputum Positive. | Sputum Negative. | No record of Sputum. | Totals. | Sputum Positive. | Sputum Negative. | No record of Sputum. | Totals. | ||
| Under 5 years | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 and under 15 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 46 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 51 | 97 |
| 15 and under 25 | 110 | 24 | 14 | 148 | 97 | 42 | 21 | 160 | 308 |
| 25 and under 35 | 122 | 40 | 20 | 182 | 85 | 53 | 20 | 158 | 340 |
| 35 and under 45 | 113 | 24 | 23 | 160 | 57 | 47 | 18 | 122 | 282 |
| 45 and under 55 | 61 | 12 | 12 | 85 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 45 | 130 |
| 55 and under 65 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 42 |
| 65 years and over | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Totals... | 439 | 131 | 86 | 656 | 270 | 206 | 81 | 557 | 1213 |
These figures show that
(1) The number of males with active Pulmonary Tuberculosis is
greater than the number of females.
(2) In 65 per cent males, the sputum was positive, compared
with 48 per cent, females.