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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Tuberculosis.
| No. of Notifications. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| Under one year | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1 to 4 years | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 5 to 14 years | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 to 24 years | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2 |
| 25 to 34 years | 20 | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 to 44 years | 24 | 6 | - | 1 |
| 45 to 54 years | 19 | 4 | — | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | - | — | |
| 65 and over | 1 | — | — | - |
| Totals | 104 | 62 | 9 | 11 |
| No. of Deaths. | ||||
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female | |
| Under one year | 1 | — | - | — |
| 1 to 4 years | — | — | — | 1 |
| 5 to 14 years | — | — | — | 2 |
| 15 to 24 years | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 25 to 34 years | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 to 44 years | 5 | 5 | — | 1 |
| 45 to 54 years | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 to 64 years | 9 | 3 | — | — |
| 65 and over | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 32 | 27 | 2 | 8 |
| No. admitted to hospitals or Sanatoria: | No. discharged from hospitals or Sanatoria: | |||
| 98. | 76. | |||
During the year 195 cases were removed from the register,
and at 3.1st December 744 names remained on the register—
647 pulmonary and 97 non-pulmonary.
Of the 69 deaths from tuberculosis during the year, 12 had
not been notified during life (that is, 17.39%).
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