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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
Deptford 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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| 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary deaths | 100 | 92 | 94 | 92 | 83 | 65 | 66 |
| Non Pulmonary deaths | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 9 |
Analysis of the notifications and deaths for the year according to sex and age are given in the accompanying tables:- Particulars of New Cases and of Deaths during the Year 1937.
| Age Periods. | New Cases.* | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| m | f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |
| 0 | 2 | - | __ | 1 | - | _ | - | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | _ | - | _ |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | __ | - | _ |
| 10 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | 15 | 13 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| 20 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 25 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 45 | 12 | 5 | 2 | - | 13 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 55 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Totals | 80 | 71 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 21 | 7 | 2 |
*Note—Including 20 cases which came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer
of Health otherwise than by notification, viz., death returns, "transfers,"
posthumous notification, Forms C and D.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Interval between Notification and Deaths in 1937.
| Not notified | 5 |
| Died before notification | 1 |
| Died within one week of notification | 4 |
| „ „ one week to one month | 5 |
| „ „ one month to six months | 16 |
| „ „ six months to one year | 6 |
| „ „ one to two years | 4 |
| „ „ two to three years | 6 |
| „ „ three to four years | 5 |
| „ „ four to five years | 4 |
| „ „ five to six years | 3 |
| „ „ six to seven years | 4 |
| „ „ seven years and upwards | 3 |
| 66 |