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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
Wembley 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
New Cases and Mortality During 1936.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 to 4 years | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| 5 to 14 years | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15 to 24 years | 24 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 to 34 years | 19 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — |
| 35 to 44 years | 14 | 11 | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| 45 to 54 years | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| 55 to 64 years | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 |
| 65 years and over | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Total | 77 | 70 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 |
47 deaths from Tuberculosis were registered during the year. 18 cases were not notified as suffering from Tuberculosis
during life (38.3 per cent.).
The Death Rate from Tuberculosis for the year 1936 was 0.44 per 1,000 population.