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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
Hammersmith 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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other forms of Tuberculosis, against two hundred and seventyeight
cases in the previous year.
The following table shows the number of notifications received during the year:—
| Age Periods. | Notifications on Form "a" | Notifications on Form "B" | Number of Notifications on Form "C" | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form "A" | No.of Primary Notifications | Total Notifications on Form "B" | Poor Law Institutions | Sanatoria | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total Prim. Not. | Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total | Prime, Not. | |||||||
| Pulmonary. Males | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 117 | 180 | 383 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 94 |
| Pulmonary, Females | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 106 | 143 | .. | — | .. | 2 | 3 | 13 | 67 | |||
| Non-Pulmonary, Males | .. | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 28 | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 22 | |||
| Non-Pulmonary, Females | .. | 2 | l | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 22 | 26 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
The following table shows the number of new cases of tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health or Chief (Administrative) Tuberculosis Officer during the period from the 2nd January, 1927, to the 31st December, 1927, otherwise than by notification on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912:—
| Age periods. | 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Males | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| Females | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | 13 |
| Non-pulmonary Males | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 |
| Females | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 10 |
In all cases notified the nurses visited and obtained all the
necessary information. Any insanitary conditions found to
exist were referred to the Sanitary Inspectors.
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