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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Camberwell 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE I.
| Age Periods. | New Cases* | Deaths† | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 38 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 2 |
| 25 | 45 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | 28 | 15 | 2 | – | 15 | 10 | – | 1 |
| 45 | 25 | 5 | – | 1 | 15 | 4 | – | – |
| 55 | 22 | 11 | – | 1 | 28 | 4 | – | – |
| 65 and upwards | 12 | 5 | 1 | – | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 182 | 112 | 25 | 14 | 97 | 55 | 16 | 11 |
* Includes primary formal notifications and cases which came to the knowledge
of the Medical Officer of Health from other sources.
† After corrections for Inward and Outward Transfers. (See Table Ia.)
TABLE Ia.
| Source of Information. | No. of Cases. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non- Pulmonary. | |
| Death Returns— | ||
| From Local Registrars | 6 | 3 |
| Transferable deaths from Registrar-General | 2 | 3 |
| Posthumous notifications | 5 | 6 |
| "Transfers" from other areas (other than transferable deaths) | 47 | 8 |
| Other Sources if any (specify) | – | – |
The total number of primary notifications comprise 333,
294 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 39 of non-pulmonary
tuberculosis.
In addition to their formal notification, 55 transfers from other
districts, 11 posthumous notifications and 14 non-notified deaths