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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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TUBERCULOSIS
The number of new cases of tuberculosis notified during
the year was 15.1 as compared with 137 for 1943. The Registrar
General credits us with 48 deaths, an increase of one on the
previous year.
New Cases and Mortality, 1944
The following table prepared from the records in the Department summarises the position.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5-10 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| 10-15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 - 20 | 7 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | - |
| 20-25 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 25-35 | 12 | 15 | - | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| 35-45 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| 45-55 | 13 | 9 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 55-65 | 10 | - | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 65 and over | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| 73 | 55 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 5 | ||
primary Notifications of Tuberculosis, 1937 - l944 inclusive
| 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 85 | 100 | 106 | 127 | 112 | 119 | 133 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | 25 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 18 | |
| Total | 110 | 130 | 125 | 126 | 130 | 137 | 151 |
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925
Public Health Act. 1956 (Section 172)
No action was taken under the above 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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