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Bermondsey 1929
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1929
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III.—TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of deaths from all forms of tuberculous disease
in 1929 was 138, being 26 lower than in the previous year. The
number of deaths from tuberculosis of the respiratory system was
117, and the death rate from this form of the disease, 103, was
the lowest recorded since the war. In spite of this improvement
much remains to be done before the tuberculosis death rate in
the borough will compare favourably with that of other districts.
In Table I. is shown an analysis of new cases notified and of deaths
classified by sex and age groups.
TABLE I. TUBERCULOSIS, 1929—NEW CASES AND DEATHS.
| AGE—PERIODS | NEW CASES | DEATHS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – |
| 20 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | – | – |
| 25 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | – | – |
| 35 | 15 | 6 | 1 | – | 10 | 9 | – | – |
| 45 | 12 | 6 | – | 2 | 15 | 5 | – | 2 |
| 55 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | – | – |
| 55 and upwards | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 131 | 85 | 31 | 27 | 76 | 41 | 9 | 12 | |