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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
Stepney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in Stepney during 1935.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | — | — | - | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | •2 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 |
| 20 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | 49 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 | 46 | 12 | 4 | — | 13 | 4 | — | 1 |
| 45 | 49 | 11 | 1 | — | 23 | 4 | — | 1 |
| 55 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| 65 and upwards | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 245 | 124 | 45 | 36 | 99 | 48 | 9 | 14 |
New Cases
of Tuberculosis
and
Mortality.
Of the 170 deaths, 11 of them had not been notified to the Medical
Officer of Health of this Borough as cases of Tuberculosis.
The death rate for the whole Borough was "8 for 1,000 of the population.
These regulations provide that persons suffering from Tuberculosis of the
Respiratory tract shall not be employed in the handling of milk or milk
receptacles.
Power is given to the Council to cause such persons to discontinue their
employment. It was not found necessary to take action under the regulations
during the year.
Public
Health
(Prevention
of
Tuberculosis)
Regulations,
1925.