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Lewisham 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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60
Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas :—

Table: Table 42

Table 42

DivisionSex0-1-2-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-Total
WestRespiratoryM-22--46886S5-46
F-----1051362-1-37
Nori-respiratoryM------11-----2
F--------11---2
TotalM-22--4798655-48
F-----1051373-1-39
NorthRespiratoryM--1-1231071068149
F---1-6105941--36
Non-respiratoryM-------------—
F------112----4
TotalM--1-1231071068149
F---1-61161141--40
SouthRespiratoryM-----54101396_38
F---2316510562--49
Non-respiratoryM---------21--3
F---1-2--11---5
T otalM-----541015106-41
F---3318510672--54

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Points to be noted in the above table are : (1) the relatively high
number of cases in the age group 15-20, where there were 43 cases of
respiratory tuberculosis of which 32 were female ; and (2) the total
female to male preponderance in respiratory tuberculosis in the South
division. Since 1952 the proportion of female to male cases there has
been 88 percent, 78 percent, 80 percent, and, last year, 129 percent.
This difference may be due to chance, or to selective mass x-ray, or to
some other cause.