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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
Marylebone 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Males.
Number of Cases 41.
Age Distribution.
| Under 1 year. | 1—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—45 | 45—65 | 65 & over. | All Ages. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 7 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 41 |
Duration of Illness in Years.
| Under 1 year. | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5 & upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
No. of living rooms in Patient's Tenement. Weekly Rent Paid.
1 room. 2 3 4 Over4. Under5/- 10/- 15/- 15-and over. Total cases.
2 22 13 4 — 2 28 9 2 41
Occupation of Patients.
| Outdoor. | Indoor. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxi-Cab Drivers, etc. | Carmen, Carters, Drivers. | Dock Labourers. | Milkmen. | Ex-Soldiers and Sailors. | Miscellaneous. | Clerks. | Laundries. | Bakehouses. | Printers. | Railway and Tube Hands. | Servants. | Tailoring, etc. | Builders' Labourers. | Trades with predisposing influences. | Miscellaneous. | |
| Public. | Private. | |||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
The total number of cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis notified up to the end of
1913 was 154. The majority of the notifications, as was to be expected, referred to
children. In all, there were 58 cases of bone or joint tuberculosis (spine 17, hip 20
and knee 12): and 71 of tuberculosis of lymphatic glands.
The great bulk of the notifications came from institutions where the patients were
undergoing surgical or other treatment, but visits were paid to all the homes and
where necessary, advice with regard to the obtaining of treatment offered.
DISINFECTION.
So far as disinfection was concerned no changes were made in methods followed in
previous years. For infected articles, clothing etc., the Goddard, Massy and Warner
Steam Disinfector was employed, and for the disinfection of rooms, formic aldehyde
gas produced by burning formalin tablets. The number of tablets used was, as in
former years, 30 per 1000 cubic feet of space.