Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 28
Tuberculosis
The following tables have been compiled from the notifications receive
NEW CASES AND MORTALITY
Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Under l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1-4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
5-9 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
10-14 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15-19 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
20-24 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
25-34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
35-44 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | |
45-54 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
55-64 | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
65 and over | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
age unknown | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 36 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 |
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.
Table 29
PRIMARY NOTIFICATIONS OF TUBERCULOSIS, 1940-1957 INCLUSIVE
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | 114 | 127 | 112 | 119 | 133 | 118 | 120 | 132 | 117 | 115 | 96 | 107 | 79 | 105 | 88 | 70 | 58 | 57 |
Non- Pulmonary | 12 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 |
Totals | 126 | 141 | 130 | 137 | 151 | 136 | 139 | 143 | 134 | 120 | 111 | 121 | 99 | 119 | 100 | 81 | 61 | 64 |