Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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The following table shows the notification of Tuberculosis
for the ten-year period 1942—1951:—
TABLE XIII.
Year. | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
1942 | 141 | 93 | 14 | 27 | 275 |
1943 | 100 | 74 | 19 | 18 | 211 |
1944 | 112 | 96 | 4 | 19 | 231 |
1945 | 101 | 70 | 15 | 15 | 201 |
1946 | 84 | 65 | 14 | 12 | 175 |
1947 | 109 | 80 | 7 | 10 | 206 |
1948 | 84 | 86 | 13 | 10 | 193 |
1949 | 112 | 81 | 16 | 10 | 219 |
1950 | 81 | 71 | 8 | 11 | 171 |
1951 | 81 | 52 | 12 | 11 | 156 |
Deaths.
According to the figures supplied by the Registrar General the following deaths occurred from Tuberculosis during the year
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System. Male. Female. Total. | Other forms of Tuberculosis. Male. Female. Total. | All forms of Tuberculosis. Male. Female. Total. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 32 |
The number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the register at the end of the year is as follows:—
Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | Total. |
696 | 569 | 78 | 80 | |
1265 | 158 | 1423 |
I am indebted to Dr. H. J. Trenchard, Physician-in-Charge
of the Edgware Chest Clinic for the following report on the
work of the Clinic during the year
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