[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS. Year. Phthisis Death rates. Other Tuberculous Diseases Tuberculosis Death-rate. Deaths in a population of 406,000. Rural. Urban. County. Rural. Urban. County. County. Phthisis. All Tuberculosis 1947 0.29 0.41 0.34 0.11 0.09 0.10 0.443 140 180 TABLE VII. New cases of tuberculosis and deaths from the disease in the County during 1947. New cases. Deaths. Ano Periods. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmoaary. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary, M F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 0-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1-^ 3 3 13 8 0 0 6 2 5—10 10 8 26 12 } “ 0 5 10—15 11 11 8 10 15—20 38 33 4 4 20—25 44 60 3 4 - 49 46 10 10 25—35 106 83 6 8 .35—44 60 44 11 9 45-55 42 20 8 4 3. 10 o 4 55—65 26 9 1 1 65 and upwards 11 6 1 0 11 4 0 2 Totals 349 277 79 81 94 61 23 22 Tiiis tiil)lc shows there were 101 more ])uhnon!iry and no more non-pulmonary notifications than in the provions year. Tliere were 4 fewer pulmonary but 10 more non-pulmonary deaths. Tlie tuberculosis death rate shows little change from lasa year.