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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
Barnes 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 29.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality, 1942.
| 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 | - | - | _- | - |
| 5-10 „ | - | - | - | 1 | - | -_ | - | 1 |
| l 0-l5 „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-20 „ | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| 20-25 „ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | — |
| 25-35 „ | 4 | 12 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | — |
| 35-45 „ | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| 45-55 „ | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 55-65 „ | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | — |
| 65 „ and over | 1 | 1 | — | - | 1 | — | - | 1 |
| All ages | 29 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
*In addition to primary notifications, all other new cases coming to the
knowledge of the M.O.H. are included in these figures.
Incidence-rate Pulmonary 1.29 All forms 1.50
non-pulmonary 0.21
Death-rate —Pulmonary 0.74) A11 forms 0.83
Non-Pulmonary 0.09 All forms 0.83
Tab e 30.—Institutional Treatment.
Admissions during 1942 were as under:—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis:
To Surrey County Council Sanatorium 6
„ Surrey County Hospitals 7
,, other sanatoria 8
,, general hospitals 8
,, Public Assistance Institutions —
Total 29
Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis:
To sanitorium 1
„ general hospitals 1
Total 2
Number of patients admitted:
Pulmonary 29
Non-pulmonary 2