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Barnes 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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The death-rate in this District during 1926 was 0.69 per
1,000 of the population for pulmonary tuberculosis, and 0.74 for
all forms of the disease.
Particulars of the new cases of tuberculosis coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1926
and of the deaths which occurred during that year are given in
Table XX below. Of the 52 new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
47 were primary notifications, the other four being transfers
from other areas.
| AGE-PERIODS. | NEW CASES.* | DEATHS. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| 0-1 years | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1-5 „ | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | — |
| 5-10 „ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 15 „ | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15-20 „ | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 20-25 „ | 1 | 9 | 1 | l | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 25-35 „ | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 35-45 „ | 3 | 4 | — | l | 3 | 3 | — | l |
| 45 55 „ | .5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 55-65 „ | 4 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 „ and over | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| All ages | 27 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
* In addition to primary notifications, all other new cases coming to the
knowledge of the M.O.H. are included in these figures.
Notification of Tuberculosis.—There were 27 deaths from
tuberculosis assignable to this District during 1926, 17 were deaths
of residents who died within the District, and 10 were transferable
deaths of persons who had formerly been residents but who died
at addresses elsewhere. There was one instance only amongst the
twenty-seven deaths in which a notification under the Tuberculosis
Regulations had not been received in this District during the
life-time of the patient.