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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
Ealing 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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cases in attendance at the County Council Dispensary and from
the Sanitary Inspectors who visit the homes of patients to ascertain
their condition and to verify their continued residence in the
Borough.
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 |
| 1—5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| 5—10 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 10—15 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 15—20 | 7 | 11 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 20—25 | 10 | 17 | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 25—35 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 35—45 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 |
| 45—55 | 12 | 4 | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| 55—65 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 65 upwards | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Total | 77 | 77 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 7 |
The Tuberculosis Officer has been good enough to supply the
following information with respect to patients from the Borough
who have been dealt with during 1933 at the Middlesex County Council Dispensary at West Ealing :—
| Number of persons examined for the first time : (a) Tuberculosis of Lungs | 103 |
| (&) Other forms of Tuberculosis | 15 |
| Number of persons in Institutions at end of year : | |
| 64 | |
| 16 | |
| Number of persons under observation at end of year | 153 |
| Number sent to Sanatoria during year | 119 |
| Number sent to Hospital during year | 24 |