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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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INFECTIVE DISEASES 25
Deaths
The number of deaths certified as due to various forms of tuberculosis
was 27.
Particulars of the new cases and deaths during the year, classified by sexes and age-groups, are given in the following table:
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 3-4 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 5-9 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-24 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 25-44 | 72 | 53 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 45-64 | 64 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 11 | 3 | 1 | - | 10 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 189 | 113 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 9 | - | 1 |