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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE XVI.
TUBERCULOSIS.
New Cases and Mortality during 1937.
| NEW CASES | DEATHS. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Periods | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | ||
| 0—1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| 1—5 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 5—10 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 10—15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| 15—20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — |
| 20—25 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 |
| 25—35 | 26 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 35—45 | 14 | 17 | — | — | 7 | 8 | — | — |
| 45—55 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| 55—65 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Totals | 82 | 76 | 17 | 13 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 5 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total
tuberculosis deaths is 17.51.
The number of cases remaining on the Tuberculosis
Register was:—
Non-Pulmonary 222
Pulmonary 625
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.