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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
Deptford 1925
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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| Age Periods. | New Cases.* | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |
| 0 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 3 | - | 17 | 10 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | — | 1 | - | 1 |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 20 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 25 | 31 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 35 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | _ |
| 55 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 | 9 | 6 | — | 2 |
| 65 and upwards | 6 | 3 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 133 | 104 | 41 | 37 | 62 | 42 | 10 | 10 |
*Note—Including 37 cases which came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer
of Health otherwise than by notification.
In 1925, 24 deaths occurred in cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
not notified during life, as compared with 10 in 1924, 7 in 1923,
25 in 1922 and 43 in 1921. The following shows the interval between
notification and death in the 104 deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
during 1925.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Interval between Notification and Death in 1925.
| Not notified | 24 | ||
| Died before receipt of notification | 3 | ||
| Died within one week of notification | 1 | ||
| „ „ one week to one month | 6 | ||
| „ „ one month to three months | 12 | ||
| „ „ three months to six months | 12 | ||
| „ „ six months to one year | 17 | ||
| „ „ one to two years | 11 | ||
| „ „ two to three years | 3 | ||
| „ „ three to four years | 5 | ||
| „ „ four to five years | 2 | ||
| „ „ five to six years | 3 | ||
| „ „ six to seven years | 2 | ||
| „ „ seven to ten years | 3 | ||
| 104 | |||