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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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Cancer : Main Seats of Disease as indicated in Deaths during 1936.
| Organ | Male. | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue and Mouth | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Stomach | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Liver | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Bowel and abdominal | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| Rectum | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Bladder | 3 | _ | 3 |
| Uterus | _ | 10 | 10 |
| Breast | _ | 16 | 16 |
| Pancreas | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Bones | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Lung | 7 | 1 | 8 |
(b) Prevention of Blindness.
No action was taken under Section 66 of the Public Health
Act, 1925, for the prevention of blindness or for the treatment
of persons suffering from any disease or injury to the eyes.
(c) Tuberculosis.
No action was necessary or taken by this Authority under
the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under
Section 62 of the Public Health Act, 1925.
The following table gives particulars of new cases of
Tuberculosis, both pulmonary and non-pulmonary, notified
during 1936, as well as particulars of deaths which occurred as a
result of the disease.
e—tuberculosis .
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non- Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non- Respiratory. | |||||
| Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | |
| Under 1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 to 5 years | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 5 „ 15 | 1 | _ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 „ 25 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 „ 35 „ | 12 | 11 | — | _ | 7 | 5 | — | — |
| 35 „ 45 | 5 | 5 | — | _ | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| 45 55 | 4 | 4 | _ | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | _ |
| 55 „ 65 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and over | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 40 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 2 |