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Wimbledon 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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15.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Sixty-seven cases of tuberculosis wore notified. This
figure shows a decrease of six on the number for the previous year.
The deaths from tuberculosis were six fewer than in 1939, the
total figure being twenty-six.
Twenty-three of these were due to pulmonary tuberculosis.
During 1940, forty-seven Wimbledon patients were admitted to
sanatoria or hospitals.

Table: TUBERCULOSIS - 1940.

TUBERCULOSIS - 1940.

AGE GROUPSNEW CASESDEATHS
Primary Notifications (Form A)New cases discovered otherwise than by NotificationTotal New Cases
PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary .
MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
Under 1 year--------------14
1-5 years--2-------2---1-
5-10 "--2-------2-----
10-15 "--1----1--11----
15-2032--11--43------
20-25 "-5--54-159-1-2--
25-35 "32-1751-1071131--
35-45 "3---21--51--32--
45-55 "31--12--43--72--
55-65 "23--1---33--1---
65 and over1-------1---2---
15135117131232266316721
Totals286303589233
34336726
67