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Wandsworth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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T uberculosis.
number of Tuberculous persons, formerly resident in other metropolitan
boroughs, who have been granted houses by the London
County Council on the I..C.C. housing estates in Wandsworth.
During the year 37 persons suffering from Tuberculosis were
so transferred from other boroughs in London. Of these, 25
obtained accommodation on the Roehampton estate, and 12 on
the East Hill estate.
Table XVI.—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 XVI.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| Under 1 year | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 1—5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5—10 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 9 | — | 4 | 6 | — |
| 10—15 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 15—20 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 20—25 | 34 | 53 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 25—35 | 77 | 70 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| 35—45 | 62 | 47 | — | 5 | 35 | 15 | — | 1 |
| 45—55 | 47 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 8 | 2 | — |
| 55—65 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 upwards | 7 | 7 | — | 2 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 287 | 270 | 76 | 73 | 144 | 111 | 23 | 17 |