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Barnes 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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| Age-Periods. | New Cases.* | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | Male | Fem'le | |
| 0-1 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 „ | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | 1 |
| 5-10 „ | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-15 „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-20 „ | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 20-25 „ | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 25-35 „ | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| 35-45 „ | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 45-55 „ | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 55-65 „ | 6 | 1 | — | — | 3 | - | - | - |
| 65 „ and over | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| All ages | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| *In addition to primary notifications, all other new cases coming to the knowledge of the M.O.H. are included in these figures. | ||||||||
New Cases.
Particulars of the new cases of tuberculosis coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during 1939 are given in
Table XII. above. Of the 51 new cases during the year 38 (35
pulmonary, 3 non-pulmonary) were primary notifications ; the other
13 new cases (9 pulmonary, 4 non-pulmonary) were brought to my
knowledge in the following manner :—Notifications transferred from
other areas on change of address, 10; information from death
returns, 2 ; other sources, 1.
Mortality.
The number of deaths during 1939 from tuberculosis was 25
(22 pulmonary, 3 non-pulmonary), corresponding to a death-rate per
1,000 of the population of 0.56 for pulmonary tuberculosis and 0.64
for all forms of the disease.
Non-notification.
Information as to the ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths
to total tuberculosis deaths for the year is given hereunder.
There were during 1939, 25 deaths from tuberculosis assigned
to this Borough. Of these deaths 22 had been notified to me in