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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
Feltham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Tuberculosis
| New Cases | Deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Periods | Respitary | Non- Respiratory | Respiratory | Non- Respiratory | ||||
| Under 1 yr. | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1— 5 years | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | 1 | — |
| 5—15 „ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | — | — | 1 |
| 15—25 „ | 16 | 18 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25—35 „ | 5 | 10 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| 35—45 „ | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| 45—65 „ | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Over 65 „ | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Total | 37 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
Tuberculosis
Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis have increased,
the figures being 86 for 1948 and 76 for 1947, deaths from
this cause however show a decrease, the figure being 16 as
compared with 22. The overcrowded conditions under which
many people are living, resulting from the acute shortage of
houses, is almost certainly helping to keep the numbers of
new notifications at a comparatively high figure, but it must
also be remembered that a number of these cases are mild
ones which have been detected at an early stage by the use
of mass radiography. The adequate housing of persons
suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis and their
families is essential if increases in new cases of this disease
are to be prevented.
Maternal Mortality
It is gratifying to report that there have been no cases of
maternal mortality during the year.
Housing
There is still a considerable amount of overcrowding in
the district, in some cases two or three families having to live
in a single house. These families are mostly young couples,
living often with their parents and in many cases trying to
raise a young family under most difficult and trying