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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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already suffering from the disease when they came to live here. Apart
from the five about whom particulars are not known, this leaves 18
(7 male and 11 female) who contracted the infection locally. In no case
was a family history of tuberculosis obtainable. In nine of these patients,
the lesions were of bones or joints, and in a further six of glands of the
neck.
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| No. on register January 1st, 1945 | 584 | 513 | 102 | 95 |
| No. of New Cases added | 117 | 97 | 12 | 20 |
| No. of cases added—other than on Form A | 19 | 18 | 3 | 3 |
| No. of cases restored to register | 7 | 9 | — | — |
| No. of cases removed | 118 | 94 | 19 | 15 |
| No. on Register December 31st, 1945 | 609 | 543 | 98 | 103 |
The following table is a summary of the cases removed from the register with the reasons for removal:
| Reasons for Removal | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Left the district | 43 | 42 | 6 | 5 |
| Died | 40 | 33 | 5 | 4 |
| Cured | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 |
| Diagnosis not confirmed or withdrawn | 14 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Total | 118 | 94 | 19 | 15 |
Deaths.
Sixty-nine persons (38 male and 31 female) died from pulmonary
tuberculosis during the year, and nine (3 male and 6 female) from nonpulmonary
tuberculosis. This infection therefore accounted for 4.5 per cent.
of the total deaths of the district. The corresponding figures for last year
were eighty-three deaths from pulmonary and fourteen from non-pulmonary
tuberculosis, the disease accounting for 5.6 per cent. of the total
deaths.
One-third only of the deaths of those who succumbed to pulmonary
tuberculosis took place outside the district, these being mostly in institutions.
The corresponding percentage of those suffering from nonpulmonary
disease was 60.