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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 30.—Tuberculosis : New Cases and Mortality, 1944.
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10-15 „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-20 „ | 4 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 20-25 „ | 6 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 25-35 „ | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 35-45 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 45-55 „ | 6 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 55-65 „ | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 65 „ and over | 4 | 1 | — | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| All ages | 38 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
* In addition to primary notifications, all other new cases coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health are included in these figures.
Incidence-rate—Pulmonary 152 A|1 forms 1.55
Non-pulmonary 0.03
Death-rate -Pulmonary 0.03 All forms 0.42
Non-pulmonary 0 .09
Table 31.—Institutional Treatment.
| Admissions during 1944 were zs under:— | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis: | |
| To Surrey County Council Sanatorium | 4 |
| ,, Surrey County Hospitals | 17 |
| „ other sanatoria | 22 |
| ,, general hospitals | 13 |
| Total 56 | |
| Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis: | |
| To sanatorium | 2 |
| „ Surrey County Hospitals | - |
| „ general hospitals | 3 |
| Total 5 | |
| Number of patients admitt | |
| Pulmonary | 46 |
| Non-pulmonary | 5 |