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 Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 65.
Pulmonary. | Non. Pulmonary. | Totals. | |||
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It will be noted that the number of cases of tuberculosis
living in the district at the end of the year was 1,222, and
from Table No. 69, that 982, or 80.4 per cent. were on the
register of the Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Deaths. The number of deaths from tuberculosis was
165, 145 being certified as due to pulmonary tuberculosis
and 20 to other forms. These figures compare with 178,
148, and 30 in 1927. The death rate for all forms was 1*17.
The following Table, No. 66, shows the number of deaths
and death rates from all forms of tuberculosis each year
since 1012.