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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
Acton 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The following Table gives the age incidence of new cases of tuberculosis in 1939 and of the deaths from the disease in the area in 1939.
| New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Periods. | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | ||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 15 | 16 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | - |
| 35 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 45 | 8 | 5 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 55 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 52 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 5 |