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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Tuberculosis.
The following table shows the number of new cases notified, and the mortality from tuberculosis, during the year:—
| Age Periods. Years. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 36 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | — | — |
| 35 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 5 | — | — |
| 55 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 |
| 65 and upwards | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 142 | 134 | 22 | 38 | 86 | 56 | 6 | 12 |
Efficiency of Notification.—The ratio of non-notified tuberculosis
deaths to total tuberculosis deaths was one in seven.
It was not necessary to take any action in regard to the nonnotification
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.