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Greenwich 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.

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113
TUBERCULOSIS REPORT
I am indebted to Dr. C. W. L. Jeanes, Chest Physician, for the
following report on Tuberculosis in the Borough :—
" During the year 223 new cases of Tuberculosis of all types
were notified, including 70 cases transferred from other districts,
and 9 restored to register.

Table: Notifications and deaths since 1938 are shown in the following tables :—

Notifications and deaths since 1938 are shown in the following tables :—

Year.NOTIFICATIONSDeaths.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
19381533853
1939931460
19401251773
19411383274
19421641864
19431172660
19441131647
19451491653
19461731856
19471711367
19481121762
19491181053
19501261850

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Of the 135 cases notified primarily, 127 came under the care of
the Dispensary and were made up as follow :—
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Non-Pulmonary
Adults Children Adults Children
104 6 10 7
Only 42 of the 104 new adult cases had positive sputum on
diagnosis. In most cases this meant that the disease had not
become infectious.
One thousand, one hundred and ninety-nine new patients
attended the Clinic for the first time, being referred chiefly by private
doctors and hospitals.