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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
Hendon 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
New Cases and Mortality during 1935.
| new cases | deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Periods | Pulmonary | Non | Hulinonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||
| M. | f. | m. | F. | m. | F. | M. | f. | |
| 0—1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1—5 | l | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 5—10 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 10—15 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 15—20 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 20—25 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | — | — |
| 25—35 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | — | 1 |
| 35—45 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 45—55 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| 55—65 | 9 | 3 | — | — | 9 | 2 | — | |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 80 | 73 | 19 | 21 | 46 | 29 | 4 | 5 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis
deaths is 14.84.
The number of cases remaining on the Tuberculosis Register
was:—
Non-Pulmonary 216
Pulmonary 565
Care is taken to ensure that this Register contains the latest
information and constant touch is maintained with the local
Tuberculosis Dispensary which is provided by the Middlesex
County Council. 1 am indebted to Dr. Dobson, the Tuberculosis
Officer, for the following information regarding patients coming
under his ,supervision during the course of the year:—