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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The sources of information regarding the 643 new cases notified in 1925 were as follows:—
| Primary notifications on Form A | 569 |
| Primary notifications on Form B | 3 |
| Primary notifications on Form C. | 2 |
| Un-notified at death | 47 |
| Transfers from other Sanitary Authorities | 10 |
| Naval and military notifications | 12 |
| Total | 643 |
Table XVIII.—in the form suggested by the Ministry of
Health—gives details regarding the site of disease, sex and age
grouping of these new cases; also similar details regarding deaths
from Tuberculosis during the year.
TABLE XVIII.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non- Pulmonary. | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| Under 1 year | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 |
| 1—5 | — | 1 | 10 | 7 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 5—10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10—15 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 15—20 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 20—25 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 1 | |
| 25—35 | 73 | 66 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| 35—45 | 71 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 45—55 | 47 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 55—65 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| 65 upwards | 5 | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 3 |
| Totals | 295 | 224 | 61 | 63 | 138 | 123 | 22 | 27 |