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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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NEW CASES AND MORTALITY 1946
| Age Periods. | New Gases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non— Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non— Pulmonary | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Ma le | Female | |
| Under 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1—4 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| 5—9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 10 —14 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 —19 | 7 | 13 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| 20 —24 | 11 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 25 —34 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| 35 —44 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 45 —54 | 5 | 9 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 55 —64 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and over | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Total | 67 | 53 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
Primary Notifications of Tuberculosis 1937 — 1946 inclusive.
| 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 85 | 100 | 106 | 114 | 127 | 112 | 119 | 133 | 118 |
| Non—Pulmonary | 25 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Total | 110 | 130 | 125 | 126 | 141 | 130 | 137 | 151 | 136 |
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,1925
It was not necessary to take any action under the
above Regulations concerning persons suffering from tuberculosis
and employed in the milk trade.
Public Health Act 1936 (section 172)
No action was taken under this section for the
compulsory removal to hospital of persons suffering from
tuberculosis
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