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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Tuberculosis.
Particulars of new cases and of deaths from the disease during
1947 are given below:
108 new cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 24 cases of NonPulmonary
Tuberculosis occurred during the year. There were 34
deaths from Pulmonary, and 7 deaths from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
during the year.
The following Table gives the age incidence of new cases of the
disease in 1947, and of deaths from the same cause.