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 Richmond]
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58
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925.
No action was taken under this Act.
Public Health Act, 1925. Section 62.
No action was taken under these Regulations.
Respiratory Tuberculosis (Phthisis). Forty cases of this
disease were notified during the year (27 males and 13 females).
Of these 27 (19 males and 8 females) were removed to Hospital or
Sanatorium. There were 48 cases notified in 1936.
There were 22 deaths from this disease during the year.
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis was responsible for four deaths
while 14 cases were notified during the year.
Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | Nonrespiratory. | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
M | F | M. | F | M | F | M | F | |
0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... |
25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... |
35 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... |
45 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... |
55 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
65 and upwards | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 |
Totals | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 |