Report of the Public Health Department / Western Australia.

  • Western Australia. Public Health Department.
Date:
[1934]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the Public Health Department / Western Australia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    24/26 (page 24)
    rs Clerical Shop assistants Railway and tram employees, including fettle Engineering, motors and electricians Timber workers Lumpers School Stonemasons, builders, etc Hotel employees Bakers and cooks ... Commercial travellers Fishermen 3, shearers 3, motor-drivers 4, school teachers 2, hairdressers 2, carpenters 2, painters 2, police constables 2, leather workers 2, nil 6, seafaring 1, jockey 1, wicker-worker 1, sign- writer 1, printer 1, dentist 1, groom 1, plumber 1, tailor 1, smelter 1, caretaker 1 21 19 11 8 8 6 6 5 5 3 2 O T.B. spine Fibrosis of lung Asthma T.B. Adenitis 1—20 21—30 31—40 41—50 51—60 61—70 + ACE INCIDENCE—DEATHS. Males. 3 8 13 7 13 14 1934. OCCUPATIONS—continual. Females— TREATED IN HOSPITAL. Domestic 101 Aboriginals 6 In hospital, 1st January ... 170 Shop assistants 4 Cases treated, including readmissions ... 366 Typists and clerical 4 Discharged, including readmissions 140 Nurses 3 Deaths, including readmissions 82 School 1 Remaining in hospital, 31st December ... ... 144 Infant 1 AGE INCIDENCE. DISCHARGES. Males— Males. Females. Stationary ... 52 1—15 . 3 4 Progressive 17 16—20 . 10 16 Other than Pulmonarv T.B. 18 21—25 . 18 20 -.•- 26—30 . 29 25 87 31—35 . 33 19 36—40 . 20 9 Pulmonary fibrosis 5 41—45 . 16 2 Silicosis 1 46—50 . 21 9 T.B. Adenitis 1 51—55 . 18 6 Syphilis 1 56—60 . 26 6 T.B. spine . 6 61—65 . 21 2 N.A.D. 3 66—70 . 13 2 Bronchiectasis 1 71—80 + . 11 2 Females— Stationary 37 OCCUPATIONS. Progressive 10 Other than Pulmonary T.B. 6 Ales— Labourers ... 58 53 Miners ... 47 58 Females. 3 10 7 1 1 2 24 39 DEATHS—1934. Occupation. Age. Native of Cause of Death. No. of Days. Remarks. Ex-miner 49 Jugo-Slavia Silico-T.B., lungs 328 T.B. broncho-pneumonia. Domestic 38 Jamaica ... Pulmonary T.B. 71 Readmit. Labourer 20 Western Australia Pulmonary and laryngeal T.B. 122 do. Domestic 23 do. Acute disseminated T.B. ... 56 Lungs, liver, spleen, peritoneum Labourer 19 Scotland Acute general pulmonary T.B. 68 Painter 40 Victoria ... Acute pulmonary and laryn¬ geal T.B. 99 Traveller (Commercial) 29 New South Wales Chronic pulmonary T.B. 1,216 Readmit. Miner 68 England ... Silico-T.B., lungs 247 Domestic 20 South Australia... Chronic pulmonary T.B. ... 769 do. Labourer 63 Sweden ... do. do. 18 Railway employee ... 65 South Australia... do. do. 61 Nil . 33 Jugo-Slavia do. do. 347 Miner 62 Victoria ... Silico-T.B., lungs 258 Bank clerk ... 24 India Pulmonary T.B. 1,113 Miner 57 Wales, Engl and... Silico-T.B., lungs 7 Do. 60 South Australia... do. 966 Wicker-worker 28 Western Australia Chronic pulmonary T.B. 138 Readmit. Ex-miner 57 New South Wales Silico-T.B., lungs 1,341 Domestic 28 Western Australia Pulmonary T.B. 246 T.B. enteritis. Do. 32 do. do. 392 Readmit. Seaman 40 England ... do. 42 Domestic 71 Victoria ... Chronic pulmonary T.B. 1,398 do. Clearer 27 Macedonia Pulmonary T.B. 1,033 Miner 53 New South Wales Silico-T.B., lungs 4 Domestic 30 Western Australia Chronic pulmonary T.B. 545 do. Labourer .. I 60 Ireland ... do. do. 2.129