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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
Twickenham 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of new cases of tuberculosis notified
during 1939 was slightly lower than the previous year, while
the number of deaths showed an increase. The following table
prepared from the records in the Department summarises the
position.
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY. 1939.
| Age Periods. | New Cases | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 1-5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | . 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5-10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | ||
| 10 - 15 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 15 - 20 | 3 | 3 | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 20 - 25 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 25 - 35 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 35 - 45 | 10 | 6 | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 45 - 55 | 8 | 4 | - | 1 | 8 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 55 - 65 | 10 | 5 | - | 1 | 10 | - | - | |
| 65 and upwards | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | - | |
| Totals | 56 | 50 | .8 | 11 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 4 |
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations. 1925.
During the year under review it was not found
necessary to take action under the above Regulations with
reference to persons suffering from tuberculosis and employed in
the milk trade.
Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 172).
This section of the Public Health Act is concerned
with the compulsory removal to hospital of persons suffering from
tuberculosis. It was not found necessary to exercise our powers
thereunder during the year.
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
No action was taken during the year under section
176 of the Public Health Act, 1936, for the prevention of
blindness or for the treatment of persons suffering from any
disease or injury to the eyes.
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