Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE II. Individual Notified Patients on Current List at December 31st, 1937, ALLOCATED TO THE WARDS OF THE BOROUGH.
Wards. | Pulmonary. | Other Forms. | Grand Total. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
1 | 77 | 63 | 140 | 34 | 28 | 62 | 202 |
1 | 27 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 46 |
3 | 58 | 36 | 94 | 25 | 11 | 36 | 130 |
4 | 67 | 58 | 125 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 159 |
5 | 43 | 20 | 63 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 91 |
6 | 29 | 12 | 41 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 66 |
7 | 70 | 62 | 132 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 180 |
8 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 84 |
9 | 40 | 21 | 61 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 84 |
10 | 34 | 28 | 62 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 74 |
11 | 47 | 28 | 75 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 100 |
12 | 26 | 42 | 68 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 99 |
13 | 41 | 45 | 86 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 104 |
14 | 56 | 36 | 92 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 124 |
15 | 41 | 41 | 82 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 104 |
16 | 50 | 38 | 88 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 109 |
17 | 38 | 25 | 63 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 94 |
18 | 64 | 37 | 101 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 122 |
19 | 37 | 21 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 61 |
20 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | 10 |
The Notification of Tuberculosis in Camberwell in 1937.
The number of primary notifications of tuberculosis received
in Camberwell in 1937 was 351, comprising 296 cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis and 55 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis.
In Table III the number of primary notifications received for
each of the last seventeen years are compared.
TABLE III. Comparative Table of Primary Notifications for past Seventeen Years.
Year. | All Forms. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Forms. |
---|---|---|---|
1921 | 750 | 595 | 155 |
1922 | 653 | 506 | 147 |
1923 | 657 | 505 | 152 |
1924 | 559 | 416 | 143 |
1925 | 491 | 373 | 118 |
1926 | 506 | 394 | 112 |
1927 | 451 | 353 | 98 |
1928 | 465 | 363 | 102 |
1929 | 495 | 393 | 102 |
1930 | 483 | 393 | 90 |
1931 | 414 | 333 | 81 |
1932 | 386 | 314 | 72 |
1933 | 363 | 290 | 73 |
1934 | 341 | 284 | 57 |
1935 | 333 | 275 | 58 |
1936 | 299 | 260 | 39 |
1937 | 351 | 296 | 55 |
In Table IV is given the primary notification rate (per 1,000
population of Camberwell) for the last seventeen years.