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Acton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Section VIII.-TUBERCULOSIS.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Particulars of all new cases of Tuberculosis and of all deaths from this disease during 1936 are given in the following table in the form required by the Ministry of Health:-
| Age Periods | New Cases. | Deaths, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0—1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| 1—5 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5—10 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 10—15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | - | — | 2 | — |
| 15—20 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 20-25 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | — | 1 |
| 25-35 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 9 | — | 2 |
| 35—45 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | - | — |
| 45—55 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | — |
| 55—65 | 26 | 2 | - | 2 | 16 | 4 | — | 2 |
| 65 & upwards | 13 | 1 | — | - | 9 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 186 | 125 | 31 | 38 | 102 | 48 | 5 | 9 |
The total number of Primary notifications was 288; in addition to these, 31 cases,
which had not been notified, came to knowledge by means of special death reports, and
61 cases by transfer from other districts.
The total number of new cases during the year from all sources was therefore 380,
equal to a notification rate of 2.06 per 1,000 of population.
The total number of new cases during the previous year was 322.
The deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis during the year numbered 164, equal to a
death rate of 0.9 per 1,000 of population.
The total number of deaths in the previous year was 138.
It will be noted that, out of a total of 164 deaths from Tuberculosis, 31 were of cases
which either died un-notified or were notified only at death.
Death from tuberculosis before notification may be due to:—(1) Sudden death of a
person who has not consulted a doctor since tuberculosis has developed. (2) Sudden death of