Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis, including Phthisis. In the following table will be seen the number of cases notified during each of the four quarters, and the ages and sex of the patients.
WARDS. | QUARTERS. | ||||||||||||||||
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March. | June. | Sept. | Dec. | YEAR. | |||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Total. | |||||||
East | |||||||||||||||||
North | |||||||||||||||||
North-West | |||||||||||||||||
South | . | ||||||||||||||||
South-East | |||||||||||||||||
South-West | |||||||||||||||||
Total | |||||||||||||||||
AGES OF PATIENTS NOTIFIED. | |||||||||||||||||
Under 1 | All Ages. | ||||||||||||||||
1 |
General Tuberculosis.
Forty deaths were recorded as being due to these diseases.
Of these deaths 11 occurred in the East Ward, 8 in the North,
15 in the North-West, 3 in the South-East, and 3 in the South-West.
Seventeen deaths were classified as tuberculous meningitis and 23
as other tuberculous diseases.
The following gives the ages at which death occurred:—
Cause. | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards |
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Tubercular Meningitis | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — |