Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
Notifications, 1923-1928.
1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 220 | 249 | 254 | 237 | 206 | 232 |
Other forms do. | 76 | 95 | 64 | 50 | 45 | 46 |
296 | 344 | 318 | 287 | 251 | 278 |
New Cases and Mortality during 1928.
Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from the disease in the area during 1928:—
Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulm. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulm. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Under 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
1—5 | 2 | — | 3 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 2 |
5 — 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
10 — 15 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — |
15 — 20 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
20 — 25 | 12 | 25 | — | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
25 — 35 | 28 | 28 | 1 | — | 11 | 19 | — | 1 |
35 — 45 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
45 — 55 | 19 | 11 | - | 1 | 18 | 6 | — | — |
55 — 65 | 14 | 4 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | — | — |
65 and upwards | 3 | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Totals | 118 | 114 | 24 | 22 | 65 | 52 | 11 | 7 |
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925.
No action has been taken with regard to tuberculous
employees in the milk trade.