Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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18.
Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and deaths during the year are given in the following table
Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
M. | F. | M. | P. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
0- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1- | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2- | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
5- | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
10- | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | |
15- | 3 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
20- | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
25- | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 |
35- | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - |
45- | 9 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 2 | - | - |
55- | 7 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
65- | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
75 and upwards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 53 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
PUBLIC HEALTH (PRBVS1JTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1925.
These Regulations prohibit a person suffering from tuberculosis,
and who is in an infectious condition, from following any employment
or occupation in connection with a dairy which would involve the milking
of cows, the treatment of milk, or the handling of vessels used for
containing milk. No formal action was necessary during the year.