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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
Woolwich 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The following Table, No. 70, shows the number of deaths
and the death rates from all forms of tuberculosis each year
since 1912.
TABLE No. 70.
| Year. | Deaths. | Death-rates. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Non. Pulmonary. | All Forms. | Pulmonary. | Non. Pulmonary. | |
| 1912 | 175 | 129 | 46 | 1.44 | 1.06 | 0.38 |
| 1913 | 218 | 184 | 34 | 1.78 | 1.50 | 0.28 |
| 1914 | 229 | 177 | 52 | 1.87 | 1.45 | 0.42 |
| 1915 | 237 | 197 | 40 | 1.83 | 1.52 | 0.31 |
| 1916 | 210 | 169 | 41 | 1.61 | 1.30 | 0.31 |
| 1917 | 215 | 176 | 39 | 1.63 | 1.33 | 0.30 |
| 1918 | 231 | 199 | 32 | 1.72 | 1.48 | 0.24 |
| 1919 | 196 | 171 | 25 | 1.44 | 1.26 | 0.18 |
| 1920 | 188 | 161 | 27 | 1.38 | 1.18 | 0.20 |
| 1921 | 207 | 168 | 39 | 1.50 | 1.22 | 0.28 |
| 1922 | 190 | 163 | 27 | 1.37 | 1.18 | 0.19 |
| 1923 | 191 | 172 | 19 | 1.36 | 1.22 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 199 | 171 | 28 | 1.42 | 1.22 | 0.20 |
| 1925 | 187 | 160 | 27 | 1.33 | 1.14 | 0.19 |
| 1926 | 165 | 148 | 17 | 1.16 | 1.04 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 178 | 148 | 30 | 1.26 | 1.05 | 0.21 |
| 1928 | 165 | 145 | 20 | 1.17 | 1.03 | 0.14 |
| 1929 | 159 | 143 | 16 | 1.12 | 1.01 | 0.11 |
In addition to the deaths recorded in the above Table,
12 persons who have been notified as suffering from tuberculosis
died during the year from other causes, and detailed
information as to these is given in the following Table, No. 71.