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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
Harrow 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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| New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notification. | Brought to notice other than by Form A. | |||||||||||
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 1— | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 5— | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 10— | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | - | |||||
| 15— | 3 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 8 | 5 | - |
| 20— | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||||
| 25— | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | — | 19 | 4 | - | 1 |
| 35— | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 45— | 17 | 6 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| 55— | 6 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | — | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 & upwards. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Total | 99 | 75 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 25 | 9 | 5 |
In regard to cases brought to notice other than by Form A,
most commonly the information was obtained of the removal into
the district of some patient from another area and that patient had
not attended a medical practitioner since transferring here.
During the year 190 pulmonary cases (108 male and 82 female)
were added to the register as compared with 180 for the year 1935.
Of 173 cases in regard to which particulars are known, 80 (namely,
52 male and 28 female) contracted the disease locally; and 93
(49 male and 44 female) transferred here already suffering from it
(the criterion for allocation into this group is that the patient had
already been notified in some other district before transfer, or was
notified as suffering from the disease or gave a history of definite
symptoms of onset within 6 months of taking up residence here.)
If it is assumed that those patients about whom no information is
available had contracted the disease locally, the total number of
cases in this category would be only 97, giving a rate per 1,000
population of 0.6 compared with a national rate of 1.1.
The following table summarizes the position with regard to the
period of residence of those who contracted the disease locality:-
| Period of residence | 6-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-3 years | 3-4 years | 4-5 years | 5 years over. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| Females | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | - | 11 |