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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
Shoreditch 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The supplementary table gives the age grouping of cases of tuberculosis which
came to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health, otherwise than by formal notifications,
during the year 1937:—
Table No. 52
| Age periods. | 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total (all ages) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary, males | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 14 |
| ,, females | — | - | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Non-pulmonary, males | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | |
| „ females | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
The source of information in respect of these 37 cases is also given in tabular
form:—
Table No. 53
| SOURCE OF INFORMATION AS TO THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CASES | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | ||
| Death returns | from local registrars | 5 | - |
| transferable deaths from Registrar-General | 1 | 3 | |
| Posthumous notifications | 2 | — | |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 19 | 7 | |
| Other sources (if any) | — | — | |
| Total | 27 | 10 | |
| Pulmonary and non-pulmonary | 37 | ||