Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas:—
Table 47
Division | Sex | 0- | 1- | 2- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West | Respiratory | M | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 47 | ||
F | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 30 | |||||||
Non-respiratory | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
F | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
North | Respiratory | M | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 42 | ||||
F | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29 | |||||
Non-respiratory | M | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
South | Respiratory | M | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 39 | ||||
F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 33 | ||||||
Non-respiratory | M | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
F | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years
Table 48
Year | Population | New cases notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers) | Notif. rate per thousand pop. | Deaths | Death rate from resp. tuberculosis per thousand pop. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All forms | Respiratory | Lewisham | County of London | ||||
1948 | 226,100 | 502 | 119 | 109 | 0.48 | 0.56 | |
1949 | 227,700 | 371 | 1.63 | 107 | 92 | 0.40 | 0.47 |
1950 | 228,300 | 406 | 1.78 | 72 | 66 | 0.29 | 0.36 |
1951 | 227,200 | 299 | 1.32 | 68 | 60 | 0.26 | 0.34 |
1952 | 227,100 | 307 | 1.35 | 42 | 35 | 0.15 | 0.28 |
1953 | 225,800 | 341 | 1.51 | 48 | 44 | 0.19 | 0.21 |
1954 | 224,200 | 256 | 1.14 | 38 | 36 | 0.16 | 0.18 |
1955 | 223,400 | 271 | 1.21 | 26 | 22 | 0.10 | 0.16 |
1956 | 222,100 | 212 | 0.95 | 29 | 29 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
1957 | 220,900 | 247 | 1.12 | 33 | 31 | 0.14 | 0.12 |
For comments on sex differences in tuberculosis and in lung cancer, see p. 17