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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 1948
[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.