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Ealing 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE IX. TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulm'y | Pulmonary | Non-Pulm'y | |||||
| Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | |
| 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 1-5 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 |
| 5-10 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| 10-15 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 15-20 | 7 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 20-25 | 15 | 11 | - | 2 | 4 | 9 | - | - |
| 25-35 | 17 | 12 | - | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 35-45 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 45-55 | 8 | 6 | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 55-65 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 65 upwards | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Total | 70 | 41 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 39 | 10 | 6 |
The Tuberculosis Officer has very kindly supplied the following
information with respect to cases of tuberculosis from the district
which have been under treatment by him:—
Number of persons examined for the first time by the
Tuberculosis Officer:—
(a) Tuberculosis of Lungs 33
(b) Other forms of Tuberculosis 17
Number of persons in Institutions:—
(a) Tuberculosis of Lungs 28
(b) Other forms of Tuberculosis 13
Number of persons kept under treatment at the County
Council Dispensary, Ealing 124
Number sent to Sanatoria 61
Number sent to Hospital 20
No action has been called for, either under the Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Section
62 of the Public Health Act, 1925.