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Barnes 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table 11.— Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality, 1949.
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-10 „ | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 10-15 „ | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-20 „ | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20-25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-35 | 14 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| 35-45 „ | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 45-55 „ | 7 | 1 | — | - | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 55-65 „ | 3 | 2 | — | - | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 „ and over | 1 | — | — | - | 2 | — | — | — |
| All ages | 42 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | - |
* In addition to primary notifications, all other new cases coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health are included >n these figures.
Incidence-rate Pulmonary .. 0.78 .All forms 0.93
JNon-pulmonary 0.15
Death-rate —Pulmonary 0.49) A1I c A
Non-pulmonary 0 03 M forms 0.52
Table 12.— Cleansing and Disinfestation of Verminous Persons.
| It was only necessary for the the Borough Cleansing Station to be used twice during the year, two verminous people being treated. |
| 29 visits were made by Sanitary Inspectors to verminous premises. |
Table 13.—Infected and Infested Rooms and Articles (dealt with by the Council).
| Premises disinfected | 89 |
| Rooms disinfected | 104 |
| Lots of bedding disinfected | 84 |
| „ „ destroyed | 6 |
| „ „ disinfested | - |
| Council houses disinfested by liquid insecticides | 6 |
| Other houses disinfested (hydrogen cyanide —, by liquid insecticides 21) | 21 |
Table 14.— Rats and Mice Destruction.
| Number of complaints received | 304 | |
| Visits to | (a) Enclosed premises | 867 |
| (b) Open spaces | 253 | |
| Number of occasions on which | ||
| (a) Poison bait was laid | 187 | |
| (b) Gas was used | 12 | |