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Deptford 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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The deaths due to respiratory tuberculosis in Deptford in 1954 were
12 males and 8 females as compared with 19 and 6 respectively during the
previous year. Of the deaths from respiratory tuberculosis 8 of the 12
male deaths and 6 of the 8 female deaths were of persons between the
ages of 15 and 65 years, whereas the deaths from all causes, only about
28% were within this age group.
Tuberculosis Register
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | Total | M | F | Total | |
| Cases notified for the first time | 105 | 51 | 156 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Posthumous notifications | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| New cases in Borough coming to knowledge otherwise than by primary notification | 30 | 15 | 45 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cases on Tuberculosis Register at 31.12.54 | 539 | 433 | 972 | 37 | 45 | 82 |
The Chest Physician, Dr. J. P. V. Rigby, has kindly supplied the following
figures concerning the Chest Clinic at Harton Street, and the
Tuberculosis Care Committee:—
Cases on Chest Clinic Register at 31.12.54: —
Definite 1,054
Observation 34
Number of new contacts examined 373
Total attendances at the Chest Clinic 5,795
Total attendances at the Refill Clinic 1,706
TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE
Interviews by Secretary 1,316
Cases assisted by Care Committee 58
Sums raised by Christmas Seal Sale (1954) £207 13s. Od.
Dr. Rigby also remarks " A very large number of cases are seen here
during the year, at the request of private Doctors, for an opinion on the
chest condition. You will be aware of the increase in the number of cases
of cancer of the lung that have been detected both here and in many
other areas in England. This problem is exercising the minds of physicians
and chest surgeons who are attempting to find these growths in an