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 Brentford and Chiswick]
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Nature of Specimen | Resu1t | ||
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Total | |
Faeces | 31 | 132 | 163 |
Urine | - | 16 | 16 |
Swabs | 9 | 199 | 208 |
Finger Nail Scrapings | - | 16 | 16 |
Crusts, vesicle fluids (suspected smallpox) | - | 1 | 1 |
Sample of Pasteurised Milk | - | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 40 | 365 | 405 |
Age Groups | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
Under 1 year | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
1-5 years | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5-15 years | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15 - 25 " | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
25-35 " | 12 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
35-45 " | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
45-55 " | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
55-65 " | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
65 years and over | 5 | 1 | -- | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 38 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
Of the 7 recorded deaths, all had been previously notified as cases of
Tuberculosis. In addition, 5 cases died from other causes, and all had been
previously notified.
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