Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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The number of deaths for the year is 104 as compared with 124
for 1925.
1925 1926
P.T. deaths 104 91
Non P.T. deaths 20 13
It appears from these figures that both notifications and the deaths
continue to fall.
Analysis of the notifications and deaths for the year according to
sex and age are given in the accompanying tables, following which is
a table showing deaths according to Wards.
Particulars of New Cases and of Deaths during the Year 1926.
Age Periods. | New Cases.* | Deaths. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
0 | – | – | 4 | – | _ | _ | 3 | _ |
1 | 1 | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | 2 | 1 |
5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | — | – |
20 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | – |
25 | 14 | 15 | — | 5 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 |
35 | 19 | 9 | — | — | 9 | 5 | — | – |
45 | 21 | 12 | 2 | — | 14 | 8 | — | 1 |
55 | 14 | 3 | — | — | 22 | 6 | — | – |
65 and upwards | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
Totals | 107 | 73 | 29 | 22 | 57 | 34 | 7 | 6 |
•Note—Including 18 cases which came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer
of Health otherwise than by notification.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Interval between Notification and Death in 1926. | |
---|---|
Not notified | 9 |
Died before receipt of notification | 1 |
Died within one week of notification | 3 |
„ „ one week to one month | 3 |
„ „ one month to three months | 10 |
„ „ three months to six months | 8 |
„ „ six months to one year | 11 |
„ „ one to two years | 16 |
„ „ two to three years | 11 |
„ „ three to four years | 5 |
„ „ four to five years | 2 |
„ „ five to six years | 4 |
„ „ six to seven years | 3 |
„ „ seven years and upwards | 5 |
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