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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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REPORT OF THE TUBERCULOSIS OFFICER.
During the last five months of the year, the work at the Dispensary was carried out by a Locum Tenens, but although this caused a
slight temporary disorganisation of the normal routine there has been
nothing to call for special comment, and the year on the whole was
very quiet as far as the Tuberculosis Department was concerned.
The Notifications and Deaths, are as follow:—
| Notifications. | Deaths. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total |
| 114 | 28 | 142 | 94 | 12 | 106 |
and the averages for the previous ten years : —
161 44 98 16
These figures give an Incidence Rate for all forms of the disease
of 1.45 per 1,000 of the population(1.16 pulmonary and .28 non-
pulmonary).
The Death Notification Interval of 73 patients who died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in 1933 is shown below:—
| Information from Death Returns | 4 |
| Died within One Month of Notification | 3 |
| Died within Three Months of Notification | 3 |
| Died within Six Months of Notification | 8 |
| Died over Six Months of Notification | 55 |
Deaths.—During the year 106 persons died from Tuberculosis
(all forms), giving a Death Rate of 1.08 per 1,000 population; 94 were
due to the pulmonary form(equal to a rate of .93 per 1,000).
Notifications and deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, with the Incidence and Death Rates for the previous five years, are recorded below:—
| Year. | Notifications | Incidence per 1,000 | Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 160 | 1.54 | 108 | 1.03 |
| 1929 | 152 | 1.46 | 108 | 1.04 |
| 1930 | 124 | 1.19 | 100 | .96 |
| 1931 | 124 | 1.24 | 96 | .96 |
| 1932 | 101 | 1.0 | 76 | .75 |