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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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REPORT OF THE TUBERCULOSIS MEDICAL OFFICER
FOR THE YEAR 1935.
The current list of Notifications of Tuberculosis in Camberwell
as at December 31st, 1935.
On December 31st, 1935, there were 2,112 cases of tuberculosis
on the current list in Camber well. There were 1,557 cases of
pulmonary tuberculosis —873 males and 684 females; 555 cases of
non-pulmonary tuberculosis —308 males and 247 females.
Table I. supplies an analysis under age periods, sex, and the
broad grouping of pulmonary and non-pulmonary forms.
TABLE I. Individual Notified Patients on Current List at December 31st, 1935.
Age Periods. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total (all Ages) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary— | ||||||||||||
Males | 1 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 123 | 134 | 213 | 168 | 115 | 58 | 18 | 873 |
Females | – | 5 | 17 | 42 | 147 | 125 | 155 | 113 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 684 |
Non-Pulmonary— | 4 | 32 | 66 | 68 | 50 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 308 |
Females | 2 | 25 | 37 | 45 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 247 |
TABLE II. Individual Notified Patients on Current List at December 31st, 1935, allocated to the Wards of the Borough.
Wards. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Grand Total. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
1 | 79 | 57 | 136 | 37 | 31 | 68 | 204 |
2 | 28 | 19 | 47 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 62 |
3 | 58 | 36 | 94 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 128 |
4 | 67 | 63 | 130 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 167 |
5 | 45 | 22 | 67 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 93 |
6 | 30 | 10 | 40 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 73 |
7 | 78 | 62 | 140 | 23 | 25 | 53 | 193 |
8 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 98 |
9 | 43 | 32 | 75 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 100 |
10 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 91 |
11 | 48 | 29 | 77 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 105 |
12 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 110 |
13 | 36 | 43 | 79 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 100 |
14 | 45 | 32 | 77 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 106 |
15 | 39 | 42 | 81 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 99 |
16 | 54 | 36 | 90 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 111 |
17 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 99 |
18 | 63 | 33 | 96 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 113 |
19 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 52 |
20 | – | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | 8 |