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Camberwell 1937
[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
1937 otherwise than by notification under the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1930. The information in this Table was
obtained from the certificates of death, from irregular notifications
made after death, and cases coming into the Borough previously
notified.
Deaths from Tuberculosis (Camberwell), 1937.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis in Camberwell during
1937, as stated by the Registrar-General was 206. Of these 177
occurred from pulmonary tuberculosis and 29 from other forms of
the disease. Fourteen cases were not notified during life as suffering
from the form of tuberculosis of which they died.
TABLE VIII. Deaths from Tuberculosis (All Forms) 1937 Allocated to the Wards of the Borough.
| Wards. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Grand Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | – | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | – | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 2 | – | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | – | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | – | – | – | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | – | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 12 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 16 | 7 | 5 | 12 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | 8 |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | 7 |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | 10 |
| 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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