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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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The following table shows the number of cases of tuberculosis notified for the first time during the year 1960, and transfers into the district.
TABLE XIV
| Age Group in years | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||||||
| New Cases | Transfers into District | New Cases | Transfers into District | New Cases | Transfers into District | New Cases | Transfers into District | ||
| Under 5 years | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 5-14 | 1 | -- | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| 15-24 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | 24 |
| 25-44 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 5 | - | 5 | -- | 65 |
| 45-64 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 30 |
| 65 & over | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Age unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTAL | 49 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 7 | - | 136 |
The ward distribution of tuberculosis for the year 1960 is shown below. The figures refer to primary notifications only and do not include cases transferred into the district.
TABLE XV
| WARD | TOTAL | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Hill | Burnt Oak | West Hendon | Central | Park | Golders Green | Garden Suburb | Childs Hill | Edgware | ||
| Respiratory | 12 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 72 |
| Non- Respiratory | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| TOTAL | 15 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 88 |