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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
Hornchurch 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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The sites of the disease were:—
Duodenum 1
Stomach 7
Pancreas 2
Gall Bladder 1
Rectum 3
Uterus 2
Colon 5
Lung 3
Breast 8
Jaw 1
Larynx 1
Tongue 1
Orbit 1
Caecum 1
Spine 1
Liver 1
Kidney (Sarcoma) 1
Lymphosarcoma 1
Tuberculosis.
The Notifications of cases of Tuberculosis included 34 males and 31 females suffering from Pulmonary and 9 males and 4 females suffering from non-pulmonary forms of the disease.
| Age periods | New Cases. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Deaths. Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 5— | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 15— | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 25— | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2, | 2 | 1 | ||
| 35— | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 45— | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 55— | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 65 — | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations.
1925.
No action taken.