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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
East Ham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Tuberculosis. New Cases and Mortality, 1936.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulm. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulm. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | ||||||||
| 1 — 5 yrs | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 5 — 15 „ | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 |
| 15—25 „ | 39 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| 25 — 45 „ | 39 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 45 — 65 ,, | 29 | 18 | — | 2 | 25 | 10 | — | — |
| 65 and upward ,, | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 114 | 100 | 16 | 27 | 62 | 35 | 5 | 5 |
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis
deaths for the year was 1—16.
No action has been taken under the Public Health (Prevention of
Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Section 62, Public Health
Act 1925.
East Ham Tuberculosis After-Care Committee.
The After-Care Committee, under the Chairmanship of Mr.
Councillor G. H. Manser, J.P., has continued to do excellent
work during the year. Its value in assisting necessitous cases
makes the scheme more effective.
One hundred and thirty-eight patients have been provided
with clothing and bedding. The provision of bedding has enabled
the patients concerned to sleep alone, thus acting as a preventive
measure to the healthy members of the family.
Garments have been supplied to necessitous patients during
their stay in the Sanatorium.
Other patients have been helped by the provision of surgical
appliances, spectacles and repairs to artificial limbs. Part cost
of the funeral expenses of a patient who died in an Institution, was
borne. At Christmas 40 parcels of groceries were given to the
most needy cases.