[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough.
- Watford (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1941
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TABLE F shows the number of cases of tuberculosis notihed and the number of deaths from this disease. TABLE F.—TUBERCULOSIS. New Cases Deaths Age Periods Pulmonary Non- Pulmonary Pulmonary Non- Pulmonary M F M F M F M F 0 . — — — — — — — — 1 — — — — 2 — — — 5 . — — 1 ■—■ — — — — 10 . -- 4 2 — — — — 1 15 . 1 ' 4 .—- — 1 1 — — 20 . — 7 — 1 1 2 1 — 25 . 6 4 — — 5 5 — _ 35 . 12 8 — — 2 2 — — 45 . 6 6 1 — 4 — ] —^ 55 . 7- 2 1 — 7 1 — 1 65 and upwards 3 — 1 — 2 — 1 — Totals if 35 35 6 1 22 11 3 2 Of the 38 cases who died from tuberculosis, all were notified. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT (Prevention of Tuberculosis) REGULATIONS, 1925, AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1925, SECTION 62. It was not found necessary to take action under the powers given by either of these. There is only one cowshed in the Borough at which none of the workers suffers from pulmonary tuberculosis. With regard to compulsory removal to hospital of persons in an infectious state suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, up to the present time no cases have arisen where removal was so urgently necessary as to justify the exercise of compulsion. VISITS TO TUBERCULOUS PATIENTS.—These are paid by the Health Visitors of the Borough. The object of the visit is chiefly to ensure that precautions against infections are taken, to advise about general care bf the health, and to ascertain whether home and sanitary conditions are satisfactory. During the' year 435 visits of this nature were paid. There are several shelters in use by patients in the Borough.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30239576_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
