Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1944
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III.-TUBERCULOSIS.
In Table I are set out particulars of new cases and deaths during
the year, and Table II shows the period elapsing between notification
and death.
TABLE I. TUBERCULOSIS, 1944—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 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – |
10 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
15 | 12 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | – |
20 | 11 | 14 | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | – | – |
25 | 12 | 16 | – | 2 | 7 | 2 | – | – |
35 | 6 | 10 | – | 1 | 7 | – | – | – |
45 | 11 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
55 | 11 | – | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | – | – |
65 and upwards | 6 | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – |
I | 74 | 57 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 12 | 2 | – |
TABLE II. TUBERCULOSIS, 1944—PERIOD BETWEEN NOTIFICATION AND DEATH.
Period Between Notification and Death | Respiratory System | Other Forms | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | Total | Percentage of Total Deaths | Males | Females | Total | Percentage of Total Deaths | |
Not notified | 6 | – | 6 | 12.77 | 2 | – | 2 | 100.00 |
0-1 month | 1 | – | 1 | 2.13 | – | – | – | – |
1-3 months | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12.77 | – | – | – | – |
3-6 months | 3 | – | 3 | 6.38 | – | – | – | – |
6-12 months | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12.77 | – | – | – | – |
1-2 years | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10.64 | – | – | – | – |
2-5 years | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14.89 | – | – | – | – |
Over 5 years | 10 | 3 | 13 | 27.65 | – | – | – | – |
Totals | 35 | 12 | 47 | 100.00 | 2 | – | 2 | 100.00 |