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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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" Health in Childhood."
" The Maintenance of Health."
" Don'ts for Fond Mothers."
" The Common Cold."
" Treatment of Wounds."
"Whooping Cough."
In addition to this the Health Visitors at the Centres make
a practice of exhibiting posters and articles of topical interest
in the waiting rooms of the Centres, and leaflets are distributed.
This year again, we were fortunate in securing for the
schools a Lecturer from the Dental Board, who gave interesting
and instructive lectures to the senior children on the
subject of dental hygiene.
TABLE XVI.
TUBERCULOSIS.
New Cases and Mortality during 1936.
| Age Periods | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 —1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | - | 1 | l | 1 | - | — | - | 1 |
| 5—10 | 3 | — | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 10—15 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | l | — | 1 | - |
| 15—20 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | l | 3 | — | - |
| 20—25 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 25—35 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | — | - |
| 35—45 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 |
| 45—55 | 16 | 3 | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 55—65 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 10 | — | — | - |
| 65 and | ||||||||
| upwards | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 85 | 76 | 17 | 12 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 4 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total
tuberculosis deaths is 7.68,