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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
Lewisham 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Age Periods. Years. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| Males. | Females. | Males | Females | Males. | Females. | Males | Females | |
| 0 1 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | - |
| 25 | 44 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 40 | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | 35 | 27 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | 18 | 6 | — | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 65 and upwards | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 161 | 135 | 35 | 44 | 83 | 70 | 19 | 12 |
Efficiency of Notification.
The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis deaths to total tuberculosis
deaths was as follows :—
Pulmonary = 1 : 17.0
Non-Pulmonary = 1 : 4.4
It was not necessary to take any action in regard to the
non-notification of tuberculosis during the year.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
No action was taken under the above Regulations, which
relate to tuberculous employees in the milk trade.