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Shoreditch 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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16.
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. | F. | M. | P. | M. | F. | |
| 0 - 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 1-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2-5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 5-10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 10-15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 15 — 20 | 1 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 20-25 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 25—35 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 35-45 | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 45-55 | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 55-65 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| 65-75 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 75 and upwards | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Totals | 39 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION 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.