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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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But at a later date ill health associated with a further respiratory infection may cause this condition to flare up and cause Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
| Year of Birth | No. of Children | Known Contact | Neighbour | Contact | TYPE OF -INFECTION : | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patch + | Test | Primary | Complex | Meningitis | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | ||||||||
| M. | F. | A. | U. | ||||||||||
| 1939 | 1 | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1942 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||||
| 1943 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| 1944 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | |
| 1945 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| 1946 | 15 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | |
| 1947 | 17 | 4 | 9 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | ||
| 1948 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ~ | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 56 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 9 | — | 1 | — |
NOTE : M = Mother. F = Farther. A = Aunt. U = Uncle.
All known contacts suffered from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Two cases of children not included had Surgical Tuberculosis (infection of a joint by tubercle bacilli).