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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
Merton and Morden 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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TABLE XVI.
TUBERCULOSIS—New Cases, Age and Sex, Distribution and Manner of Admission to Register, 1941.
| Age Groups. | Primary Notifications ("A"). | Oases transferred from other districts. | Cases brought to notice otherwise than by notification and transfer. | Total new oases. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary, | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| 0-1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 1-5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| 5-10 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 10-15 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | – | — | — | —. | — | — | 5 |
| 15-20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 5 | _ | — | 1 | — | — | — | 22 |
| 20-25 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 21 |
| 25-35 | 8 | 8 | — | — | 9 | 5 | – | .— | — | — | — | — | 30 |
| 35-45 | 5 | _ | — | — | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 | — | _ | _ | _ | 9 |
| 45-55 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | – | — | — | _ | — | 9 | |
| 55-65 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 65 up | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | — | — | 3 |
| Totals | 37 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | – | 116 |
| 70 | 43 | 3 | |||||||||||