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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
Brent 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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Table 12 CHIROPODY SERVICE
| Number of persons treated during the year. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| By Local Authority | By British Red Cross Society | Total | |
| Elderly Persons | 3,997 | 218 | 4,215 |
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 28 | - | 28 |
| Children under 5 | 22 | - | 22 |
| Others (Physically handicapped who are not old age pensioners) | 34 | - | 34 |
| Total | 4,081 | 218 | 4,299 |
| By Local Authority | By British Red Cross Society | Total | |
| In Clinics | 11,034 | 769 | 11,803 |
| In patients' homes | 5,249 | 466 | 5,715 |
| In old peoples' homes | 2,116 | - | 2,116 |
| In chiropodists' surgeries | 3,329 | - | 3,329 |
| Total | 21,728 | 1,235 | 22,963 |
| Number of local authority clinic sessions | 1,706. | ||
Table 13
TUBERCULOSIS: NEW CASES AND DEATHS BY AGE GROUPS (Deaths in brackets-figures under non-respiratory include deaths from late effects)
| Age groups | New Cases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Under 1 | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| 1 to 4 | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| 5 to 9 | 3 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 1 (-) |
| 10 to 14 | 1 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | 1 (-) |
| 15 to 19 | 2 (-) | 2 (-) | 1 (-) | |
| 20 to 24 | - (-) | 3 (-) | 2 (-) | 3 (-) |
| 25 to 34 | 2 (-) | 3 (-) | 3 (-) | 2 (-) |
| 35 to 44 | 8 (1) | 4 (-) | 1 (-) | 4 (-) |
| 45 to 54 | 5 (2) | 4 (-) | 1 (-) | 2 (-) |
| 55 to 64 | 5 (1) | 1 (-) | - (-) | 1 (1) |
| 65 and upwards | 1 (1) | 1 (3) | - (-) | |
| Totals: | 27 (5) | 15 (-) | 10 (3) | 15 (1) |