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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 1918
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1918
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61. Age and Sex distribution. The following table, required
by the Local Government Board, gives the age and sex distribution
of pulmonary and non-pulmonary cases, and shows also
the source of notification.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH 0F WOOLWICH
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCUL0SIS ) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the year 1918.
| Age Periods | Number of Notifications on Form A. from Private Medical Practitioners | Total Notifications i.e., including cases previously notified by other doctors. | Number of Notifications on Form B from School Medical Officers | Number of Notifications Form C. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications | 65 & upwards | Total . . | Primary Notifications | Poor Law Institutions | Sanatoria | |||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total | Total Notifications i.e., including cases pre viously notified by other doctors. | ||||||
| Pulmonary Males | — | 10 | 38 | 20 | 42 | 35 | 84 | 98 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 370 | 387 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 135 |
| ,, Females | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 39 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 193 | 194 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 73 |
| Non-Pulmonary Males | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 64 | 66 | — | 1 | —_ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| ,, Females | — | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 33 | 33 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 33 | 74 | 54 | 78 | 78 | 138 | 127 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 660 | 680 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 215 |