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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 1943
[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 1943 and of deaths from the disease in the area in 1943.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | |
| - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1- | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 5— | 5 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 15— | 13 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | |
| 6 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 45— | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | — | - |
| 55— | 5 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | — |
| Totals | 56 | 39 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 4 | 3 |