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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 1942
[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 1942 and of the deaths from the disease in the area in 1942.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0- | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1- | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 5- | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 15- | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 10 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 25- | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 35- | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | - | |
| 45- | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 55- | 6 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 61 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 |