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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
Bermondsey 1925
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1925
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TUBERCULOSIS 1925.
| AGE—PERIODS. | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | – | – | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | – | – |
| 25 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | – | – |
| 35 | 28 | 23 | 3 | – | 17 | 12 | – | – |
| 45 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | – |
| 65 and upwards | 5 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| 148 | 125 | 63 | 39 | 77 | 68 | 18 | 7 | |
VI. PROPAGANDA.
A report under this heading has been submitted by Dr.
1). M. Connan, Propaganda Officer.
I do not think there is any more important section of work
in the Public Health Department. As I have advocated, both
in reports to the Council and elsewhere, the only hope of making
a real and lasting improvement in Public Health is in the education
of the people. It is slow and somewhat uphill work, but