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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

Greenwich 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: Notifications and deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, with the Incidence and Death Rates for the previous five years, are recorded below:—

Notifications and deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, with the Incidence and Death Rates for the previous five years, are recorded below:—

Year.NotificationsIncidence per 1,000DeathsDeath Rate per 1,000
19232132.081151.12
19242142. 041041.00
19251971. 90104100
19261771. 7093.89
19271921. 92100.96

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Deaths from Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis, of which there
were 13 (equal to a rate of .12 per 1,000), included 6 Meningitis.
1 of Abdominal Tuberculosis, 4 Bones and Joints, 1 Genitourinary,
and 1 Miliary Tuberculosis.
The 33 (corrected) Notifications of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis
included: —
1 case of General or Miliary Tuberculosis.
12 cases of Tuberculosis of the Glands (Neck).
7 „ ,, ,, Joints and Bones.
4 ,, ,, ,, Abdomen.
5 ,, ,, ,, Brain (Meningitis).
4 „ „ „ Other.
Artificial Sunlight Clinic (Tuberculosis Section).
At the close of 1927 there were 56 patients under
treatment; during the year 85 new cases were sent from the
Dispensary, making a total of 141. Discharges numbered 107,
leaving 34 under treatment at the close of the year.
Of the new cases, 76 were under 15 years of age., and
9 over 16 years of age. These new cases were further classified
as follows:—
Tuberculous Adenitis 14
Tuberculous Abdomen 4
Pleurisy with Effusion 2
Pretubercular and Malnutrition 54
Asthma and Bronchitis 5
Various 6