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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 1940
[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 1940 and of the deaths from the disease in the area in 1940.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0— | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | 2 | l | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 15— | 14 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 25— | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 35— | 6 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 45— | 13 | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| 55- | 7 | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 50 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 11 | - | - |