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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
Hampstead 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The deaths from all forms of non-pulmonary tuberculosis in the same period arc distributed in age-periods as follows:—
| Year. | Age Periods. | All Ages. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—5 | 5—15 | 15-25 | 25-65 | 65— | ||
| 1903 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 24 |
| 1904 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | _ | 29 |
| 1905 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
| 1906 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | 22 |
| 1907 | 20 | 3 | _ | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 1908 | 4 | 4 | _ | 2 | — | 10 |
| 1909 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | — | 22 |
| 1910 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 1911 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 14 |
| 1912 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 13 |
| 1913 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 12 |
| Totals | 116 | 33 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 221 |
It will be observed that, of the deaths from non-pulmonary
tuberculosis, a large proportion occur among children under the age
of five years.
Of the various forms of tuberculosis classified under the heading
of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous meningitis claims a
considerable proportion. Since 1911, records of deaths from this
localisation of the disease have been kept, and the number of deaths
under this heading are here shown:—
Deaths from all forms of Deaths from Tuberculous
year. Non-Plulmonary Meningitis.
1urberculosis.
1911 14 7
1912 13 8
1913 12 6