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Camberwell 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Table VII. Supplemental Return. New cases of tuberculosis
coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during
1934 otherwise than by notification under Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1912. The information is obtained from the
certificates of death, from irregular notifications made after death,
and cases coming into the Borough previously notified.
Deaths from Tuberculosis (Camberwell), 1934.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis in Camberwell during
1934 as stated by the Registrar-General was 231. Of these 202
were from pulmonary tuberculosis and 29 from other forms of the
disease. 26 were not notified during life as suffering from the
tuberculosis of which they died.
TABLE VIII. Deaths from Tuberculosis (All Forms) 1934 Allocated to the Wards of the Borough.
| Wards. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Grand Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 1 | – | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | – | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | 11 | 6 | 17 | – | – | – | 17 |
| 10 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 | – | – | – | 9 |
| 12 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | 9 | – | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | – | 2 | 13 |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 2 | – | 2 | 15 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | 7 |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | 7 | – | – | – | 7 |
| 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
One Pulmonary Male unattached.