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Deptford 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The number of deaths for the year is 131 as compared with 132
for 1927.
1927 1928
Pulmonary deaths 119 107
Non Pulmonary deaths 13 24
Analysis of the notifications and deaths for the year according to sex and age are given in the accompanying tables:—
Particulars of New Cases and of Deaths during the Year 1928.
| Age Periods. | New Cases * | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | -_ | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 1 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 1 | - | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | 1 |
| 20 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | - | 2 |
| 25 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | - |
| 35 | 20 | 9 | 2 | - | 12 | 11 | 3 | - |
| 45 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 55 | 11 | 8 | 1 | - | 10 | 3 | - | _- |
| 65 and upwards | 4 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 103 | 76 | 35 | 18 | 65 | 42 | 18 | 6 |
*Note—Including 19 cases which came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer
of Health otherwise than by notification.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Interval between Notification and Death in 1928.
| Not notified | 6 |
| Died before notification | 3 |
| Died within one week of notification | 7 |
| „ ,, one week to one month | 10 |
| „ „ one month to three months | 11 |
| ,, ,, three months to six months | 10 |
| ,, ,, six months to one year | 12 |
| ,, ,, one to two years | 21 |
| ,, ,, two to three years | 9 |
| ,, ,, three to four years | 7 |
| ,, ,, four to five years | 5 |
| ,, ,, five to six years | 3 |
| ,, ,, six to seven years | 1 |
| ,, „ seven years and upwards | 2 |
| 107 |