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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Tuberculosis.
The number of cases on the tuberculosis register at the commencement and end of the year is shown in the following table:—
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | |
| Number of Cases on Register at commencement of year | 584 | 500 | 142 | 187 |
| ,, ,, Notified during the year | 153 | 134 | 27 | 33 |
| ,, ,, removed from the register | 113 | 132 | 25 | 27 |
| ,, ,, remaining on the register at end of the year | 624 | 502 | 144 | 193 |
Mortality.—During the year 129 persons died from pulmonary
tuberculosis, and 13 died from other forms of this disease.
The death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis was 0.58 per 1,000
inhabitants, as compared with 0.64 per thousand in 1933.
| Age Periods. Years. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | 2 | — | 10 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 10 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 25 | 31 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 2 | — |
| 35 | 31 | 25 | — | 4 | 11 | 11 | — | — |
| 45 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | — | — |
| 55 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 7 | 4 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 4 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Totals | 153 | 134 | 27 | 33 | 62 | 67 | 9 | 4 |