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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
Richmond upon Thames 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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The circular letter of the Board dated 20th December, 1912,
states:—
" The new Regulations apply to non-pulmonary as well as
to pulmonary tuberculosis. More than half the deaths from
non-pulmonary tuberculosis are of children under five years of
age, and it is probable that a much higher percentage of the
total number of persons suffering from non-pulmonary tuberculosis
are children of this age. It is hoped that notifications
of these cases will facilitate the investigation of sources of
infection and assist in securing improvements in the conditions
under which the children live."