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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
Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS
| Age Periods. Years | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Males. | Females. | Males | Females | Males. | Females. | Males | Females | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 7 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 23 | 35 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 40 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 29 | — | 2 |
| 35 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 2 | — |
| 55 | 8 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| 65 and upwards | 3 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 148 | 149 | 38 | 40 | 101 | 74 | 11 | 9 |
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |
| Cases on Register at end of 1926 ... | 725 | 573 | 1298 | 264 | 257 | 521 |
| Cases added to Register in 1927 | 148 | 149 | 297 | 38 | 40 | 78 |
| Cases removed from Register in 1927 Deaths and Removals from Borough | 111 | 98 | 209 | 15 | 19 | 34 |
| Cases on Register at end of 1927 | 762 | 624 | 1386 | 287 | 278 | 565 |