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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Nature of Specimen | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Posit ive | Negative | Total | |
| Faeces | 13 | 116 | 129 |
| Swabs (Nose and Throat) | 10 | 106 | 116 |
| Swabs (School W.C s) | - | 11 | 11 |
| Totals | 23 | 233 | 256 |
| Age Groups | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5-15 years | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-25 " | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25-35" | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 35-45 " | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45-55 " | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55-65 " | 8 | 1 | - | - | -- | - | - | - |
| 65 years and over | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | — | - | - |
| Totals | 45 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
The 2 recorded deaths had both been previously notified as cases of
Tuberculosis. In addition, 11 cases died from other causes, 10 of whom had
been previously notified.
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