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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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suffering from tuberculosis, and of those who moved into the district already suffering from the disease:—
| Age Group | Primary Notification | Brought to notice other than on a Form "A" | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1-4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5-9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 10-14 | I | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |
| 15-19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 20-24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| 25-34 | 5 | 8 | — | — | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 35-44 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| 45-54 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | |
| 55-64 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | ||
| 65 and over | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | — | ||
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 | |
Register.
The Tuberculosis Register is a compilation of the names of those
persons in the district who are suffering from the disease or have recently
suffered from it. The names of the newly notified are added to it and
entries are made of those persons who have moved into the district
suffering from tuberculosis. Names are deleted on the removal of persons
from the district or on death, or recovery, an accepted standard of
recovery being a lapse of five years in the pulmonary cases and three
years in non-pulmonary cases from the date the disease was arrested.
The following is a summary of the changes which have taken place in the register during the year:—
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| No. on register, January 1st, 1963 | 1,139 | 948 | 116 | 145 |
| No. of new cases added | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 |
| No. of cases other than on a Form "A" | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| No. of cases restored to register | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| No. of cases removed | 98 | 81 | 7 | 7 |
| No. on register December 31st, 1963 | 1,105 | 919 | 115 | 146 |